brief clarification....has anyone really seen
-moss- hanging from trees? The stuff you see in California hanging off the
Oaks is really a type of lichen....and the stuff in the southern states you see
hanging off trees (Spanish moss) is really a tillandsia
(bromeliad)....
This becomes important when somebody reads some
sort of herbal home-remedy book and mis-uses the wrong plant for
something.....Happened in my county where somebody tried to drink "tea" made
from the "moss" hanging from the oaks....got really, really sick.
Never, never depend on common names with dealing
with plants! Always use specific genus and species names!
2. Given a choice
between a stream & a mud puddle during cold weather they always choose
the mud puddle.
3. Choosing a clear
puddle vs. a muddy puddle seems a matter of preference but given a
choice between clear and thick green the thick green will win every time
with my guys. Must be something nutritional about
algae.
Now here's a question - If
the puddles are full of tadpoles does your horse just swallow them along
with the water?
