Meaning : Dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots. Southeastern United States and West Indies to South America.
Synonyms : black moss, long moss, spanish moss, tillandsia usneoides
Meaning : Vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn.
Synonyms : clematis vitalba, traveler's joy, traveller's joy
Meaning : Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers.
Synonyms : clematis virginiana, devil's darning needle, virgin's bower