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.

Polish: oplątwa brodaczkowa

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.

Polish: powojnik pnący

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.