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It is a curious plant that looks more like a lichen, although it is a seagrass. In Colombia we say goat beards, hair witch, Spanish moss, beard of the old, hay, barbatusca, paste, cuarque (Colombia), agavepalo (in Mexico). Its scientific name is Tillandsia usneoides belong to the Bromeliaceae family. It grows to form hanging structures in the branches of trees and is reproduced by fragments that breaks and spread the wind. It abounds in the trees of the Gallineral Park in San Gil, Santander (Colombia).