Culture and folklore thumb|Spanish-moss with open seed capsule in Santee National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina Spanish moss is often associated with Southern Gothic imagery and Deep South culture, due to its propensity for growing in subtropical humid southern locales such as Alabama, Southern Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, east and south Texas, and extreme southern Virginia.
Culture and folklore thumb|Spanish-moss with open seed capsule in Santee National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina Spanish moss is often associated with Southern Gothic imagery and Deep South culture, due to its propensity for growing in subtropical humid southern locales such as Alabama, Southern Arkansas, Florida, Georgia Louisiana Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, east and south Texas, and extreme southern Virginia