Editing Spanish moss (section)

== Habitat and distribution ==

Spanish moss' primary range is in the Southeastern United States (including [[Puerto Rico]] and the [[United States Virgin Islands|U.S. Virgin Islands]]) to [[Argentina]], where the climate is warm enough and a relatively high average [[humidity]] occurs.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} In North America, it occurs in a broad band following the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and the southern Atlantic coast.<ref name="BONAP"/> The northern limit of its natural range is [[Northampton County, Virginia|Northampton County]], [[Virginia]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/virginia-scientists-search-for-northernmost-realm-of-spanish-moss/article_4e584659-2f01-5b80-b6d2-dff5092305e1.html |title=Virginia scientists search for northernmost realm of Spanish moss |last=Times-Dispatch |first=REX SPRINGSTON Richmond |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |access-date=2017-10-26 }}</ref> with colonial-era reports of it in southern [[Maryland]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=tius |title=Plants profile for Tillandsia usneoides |publisher=USDA}}</ref><ref name="mdrare">{{cite web |url=http://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Documents/rte_Plant_List_expanded.pdf |title=Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Plants of Maryland}}</ref><ref name="Brown">{{cite book |author1=Brown, M.L. |author2=R.G. Brown |year=1984 |title=Herbaceous plants of Maryland |publisher=Port City Press, Inc. |location=Baltimore}}</ref> where no populations are now known to exist.<ref name="Brown"/>

It has been introduced to locations around the world with similar conditions, including [[Hawaii]], where it first established itself in the nineteenth century.<ref name="Lei"/>