
IPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Air, iPad iPad, iPad Mini 2, iPad Mini 3, iPad Mini 4, 9. Princeton Stream Stock Photos by ancientimages 5 / 307 spanish moss Stock Photos by czalewski 1 / 227 faith. IPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 14 Plus: 1284x2778 Stock Photo by SeanPavonePhoto 35 / 710 Small Tree&Moss Stock Photography by mikenorton 0 / 81 Nature Abstract Yellow Tree Moss Stock Photo by rck953 0 / 1 Moss wraped oak trees lying in water Stock Images by Aleksander 5 / 183 Mt. IPhone Xs Max, iPhone 11 Pro Max: 1242x2688 IPhone X, iPhone Xs, iPhone 11 Pro: 1125x2436 IPhone 6 plus, iPhone 6s plus, iPhone 7 plus, iPhone 8 plus: 1242x2208 IPhone 6, iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, iPhone 8: 750x1334 IPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone SE: 640x1136 IPhone: iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS: 320x480 Indians and early settlers often boiled the moss or laid it on a rack over a smoky fire (making sure it didn't catch fire!) to kill or remove the bugs.MacBook Pro 13.3" Retina, MacBook Air 13" Retina, MacBook Air 13.3"(2020, M1): 2560x1600 Dual monitor:

Before Spanish moss can be used by humans it must be treated to remove the bugs.

Be sure to mention that Spanish moss has tiny bugs that live on it called chiggers or red bugs that cause an uncomfortable itch if they get on your skin. If your class visits Kingsley Plantation, have your students look for Spanish moss in the trees. Over the years the name took on what some people thought to be a more sophisticated name, Spanish moss.

When the French arrived in what we call America, they asked the same question of the Native Americans, and the natives replied that it was "tree hair," or "Itla-okla." The French used their own imaginations and called it Spanish Beard, because it reminded them of the long black beards of the earlier Spanish explorers. Students will identify uses of Spanish moss from the time of the Timucua Indians to the present. John's River have used Spanish Moss is many ways. Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade Subject: Literacy and Language Arts,Science
