This world had strange trees draped with featherlike fronds, surrounded by plants with long spiky leaves like pincushions.

Monkey rope strung from tall trees draped with club moss was given names such as: traveller's joy, lemon capers, climbing saffron, milk rope and David's roots.

"Yes, sir," said Serge, looking up at trees draped in strands of white Christmas lights.

Many are straightforward records of aspects of the Sea Islands, from rows of slaves' quarters to tall trees draped with Spanish moss.

The Harenna Forest makes up about half of the park, a fairytale wood of giant trees draped in moss and lichens that seem to drip off the branches.

He could see dark stretches of standing water in among trees draped with long strands of gauzy moss.

The sky was grey above; the trees around, draped with their curious hair-like foliage, were grey-green and still dripping from the last downpour before dawn.

As far as Holder's eye could see, green trees draped with vines towered among still pools of water.

Occasionally, the artist loosened up, as in the gouache of a German World War II plane stuck nose down among trees draped with red streamers.

They'd gone from grit and spiky bushes to trees draped in moss that dripped on the sopping ground.