Epiphytes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Air plant \Air" plant`\ (Bot.)
     A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an
     a["e]rophyte.
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     Note: The "Florida moss" ({Tillandsia}, many tropical


           orchids, and most mosses and lichens are air plants.
           Those which are lodged upon trees, but not parasitic on
           them, such as the {Spanish moss} {Tillandsia
           usneoides}), are {epiphytes}.
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