Aerophyte
Aerophyte noun - Plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it.
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Long moss
Long moss noun - 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.
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