Tillandsia utriculata

Tillandsia utriculata

Found on tree branches in hammocks, cypress swamps, and Florida scrub. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Florida edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 33 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp — Regional / representative. Shown: Southern coastal swamps, Florida to Virginia; state not identified, a neighboring state.Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal Plain hammocks

Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests.

Evergreen scrub oaks, sand pine and rosemary on deep, white, drought-prone sand ridges, burned rarely but intensely; distinct from the longleaf and turkey oak sandhills.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 85 animals.

Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Northern Waterthrush
Seiurus noveboracensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Prairie Warbler
Dendroica discolor
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Ammodramus caudacutus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Shiny Cowbird
Molothrus bonariensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Sora
Porzana carolina
Birds. 1 shared habitat

All wildlife of Florida

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

4CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Tillandsia

Dahana atripennisBlack-Winged Dahana
Epimorius testaceellusBromeliad Pod Borer Moth
Hypercompe scriboniaGiant Leopard Moth, Great Leopard Moth
Xylesthia pruniramiellaClemens' Bark Moth, Speckled Xylesthia

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

0BeesSoutheastern regional records

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: BROMELIACEAE

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rank	S3
Global rank	Not available
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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