Assertion: spanish moss | /r/CapableOf | take nutrient
Facets:
value: from the air
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: on the tree trunk
type: LOCATION
value: through its foliage
type: MANNER
value: from decayed matter
type: LOCATION
value: from the plant
type: OTHER
value: from debris
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from it
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: It doesn’t put down roots in the tree it grows on, nor does it take nutrients from it.
text: Spanish Moss is often misunderstood to be a parasitic plant, but in fact is gathers moisture and nutrients from the air to produce its own food.
text: Because Spanish moss collects nutrients from the air and debris that collects on the plant, it is not a parasite nor does it damage trees.
text: Like other flowering plants, Spanish moss produces its own food by using the energy of the sun, and takes no nutrition from the plant it lives in, so is not a parasite.
text: Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is actually an epiphyte, an “air plant” that grows hanging from tree branches, gathering its nutrients and water from the air.
text: It’s also an epiphyte, which means it lacks normal roots and instead takes in its nutrition and moisture through its foliage.
text: Spanish moss has special scales found on its leaves,called trichomes that help it take in water and other nutrients.
text: It takes some nutrients from decayed matter on the tree trunk, but it is not permanently rooted in the tree, and merely uses it for support.