Sandi there is all sorts of discussion about the T recurvata. I've also read that the ball moss overakes the tree by light suffocation. They'll get into the crown of the tree and cause the inner part of the tree to eventually be starved for light, and then the limbs die off. We have a mild case in the hackberry in front and it has thankfully not spread much. An older tree further up our street was encased a few years back and is now completely dead. Interestingly, the ball moss does not seem to affect the chinaberry or the chinese pistache.
