Spanish Moss growing on a tree on Maralal Mountain northern Kenya East Africa

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Spanish Moss growing on a tree on Maralal Mountain northern Kenya East Africa This is part of the montane mist forest which is indigenous to Maralal mountain Spanish Moss sometimes called OLD MAN S BEARD is an epiphyte It helps to trap moisture when mist is blowing over the mountain The condensed water from mist is the main form of precipitation in mist forests

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Location: Maralal Mountain northern Kenya East Africa
Photo credit: © David Keith Jones / Alamy / Afripics
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