The moss fern and the tree branch have the symbiotic relationship of mutualism. In mutualism, both species benefit and the two organisms help each other.
They share an commensalism relationship where the moss benefits by making food on the host plant (oak tree) where the oak tree does not benefit at all.
Mutualism the tree gets healther because of the photosynthensis of the moss and the moss gets a place to live
commensalism
commensalinism
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tree
Spanish moss grows in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. Spanish moss also grows in the territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Copper sprays can be effective.
Spanish Moss has been used by humans for a very long time for insulation, mattress stuffing and mulch to name a few. Traditionally Spanish Moss was also used for voodoo dolls.
nonvascular it has no roots too
the spanish moss is a thick red coated moss on trees
Commensalism
Commensalism
No. Lichen is a combination of a fungus and algae in a symbiotic relationship.
The Relationship Is Parasitism.(:
Moss are plants, but are seedless. I think the previous poster mistaken Moss with that of Lichens. Lichens are symbiotic relationships between fungi and algae.
moss
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do mosses affect the trees that they grow on? Most mosses are harmless, but Spanish Moss can be destructive. It blocks the light, slowing the growth of the tree, and it weighs down the branches and can cause them to break. Over a long period of time, it can weaken the tree and expose it to insects and disease, ultimately killing the tree. Many people think it's beautiful, but, because of its destructive nature, some Southerners look upon Spanish Moss with almost as much contempt as Kudzu.
Spanish moss was created in 1762.
What animals eat spanish moss
It would mostly be commenulism if the bird only nest in it and the tree isn't really bothered or affected by the bird. But it can also be paratism when the bird eats the tree seeds.