[PCA] Post NY Times moss article

[Jocelyn Sladen]

An ironic note:  If you go to the article via the NYT search, the link 
to the article is accompanied by five  advertiser links to commercial 
suppliers of moss.
Jocelyn Sladen

Juanita A. R. Ladyman, Ph.D. wrote:

>This and Fred Hays comment brings up a good point - "moss" in stores and
>landscape yards covers several life forms including lichen and vascular
>plants - for example Spanish moss is Tillsandia usneoides, a vascular plant.
>Its name in turn is derived from Usnea - a lichen genus. Tillsandia
>usneoides actually looks very similar to some species of Usnea, especially
>Usnea longissima which is rare and threatened with extirpation, if not
>extinction in many parts of its range. I think it is clear that the
>"wholesale" collection of plant material with little understanding or
>appreciation of its composition warrants concern.
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>Juanita Ladyman
>Centennial, CO
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>From: "Nan Vance" <nvance at fs.fed.us>
>To: "Ruth Douglas" <ruthd at cstone.net>
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>>Used in the floral greens industry.  Exported primarily to the Netherlands
>>and Germany.  The Dutch line tulip pots with it.  It is also used around
>>the base of silk trees that you see in bank lobbies etc.  On the east
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>>youmore commonly see so-called "Spanish moss" used in  floral pots, etc.
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>>was once at a Lunt Sterling exhibit at their factory and there was liberal
>>use of dried moss in some of their displays.  A buyer/processor in West
>>Virginia paid $0.50 per pound for moss, dried it outdoors on racks, bagged
>>it in plastic bags and it retailed at Kmart for $1.40 for 4 oz. Many dried
>>flower and crafts stores will use or sell dried moss.
>>Nan
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>>             "Ruth Douglas"
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>>Thanks for an interesting article you forwarded. My ignorant question is,
>>"what is all this moss used for?" Can it be used as sphagnum moss is?
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>>Ruth
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>>[mailto:native-plants-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of
>>Patricia_Ford at fws.gov
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 2:29 PM
>>To: native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org
>>Subject: [PCA] Post NY Times moss article
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>>Please post:
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>>Attached is an article from today's NY Times science section (Nov. 30,
>>2004). The original article in the paper has a couple of good photos. It's
>>a fair assessment of very complex issue.
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>>(See attached file: Centennial forest fest is planned, Union Democrat,
>>11-26-04.htm)
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>>Pat Ford
>>Botanist
>>Division of Scientific Authority
>>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
>>4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Room 750
>>Arlington, VA 22203
>>phone: 703-358-1708
>>fax: 703-358-2276
>>e-mail: Patricia_L_Ford at fws.gov
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