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Bromeliaceae
Tillandsia

not marked as a favorite taxon Tillandsia setacea Swartz. Common name: Wild-pine, Pine-needle Airplant. Habitat: On tree branches, especially on hardwoods, in mesic bluff forests, hammocks, swamps, mangroves. Distribution: Se. GA south to s. FL; West Indies; Mexico, and Central America (Guatemala), and South America (Brazil).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA22, K4, Meso6, WH3; = Tillandsia tenuifolia L. — S, S13, misapplied. Basionym: Tillandsia setacea Sw. 1797

Links to other floras: = Tillandsia setacea - FNA22

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Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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image #1 of Tillandsia setacea© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Tillandsia setacea© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Tillandsia setacea© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Tillandsia setacea© Scott Ward; the red rosettes | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Tillandsia setacea© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Tillandsia setacea© Alan Cressler: tillandsia simulata (top) and tillandsia setacea (bottom), patrick creek trail, the nature conservancy, tiger creek preserve, polk county, florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Tillandsia setacea© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Tillandsia setacea© Scott Ward; "no voucher needed" | Original Image ⭷

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