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| | Spanish Moss: Its Nature, History and Uses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Spanish Moss is not a parasite (mistletoe, on the other hand, is not an epiphyte, but a true parasite that draws nutrients from its host tree). |
 | | Spanish Moss can absorb water up to ten times its dry weight and will often crack the branch on which it has grown after a particularly heavy rainfall. |
 | | Spanish Moss, in its turn, shelters a number of creatures, including chiggers, rat snakes and three species of bats (which often fall prey to the snakes). |
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