ORGANIC Dried ICELAND MOSS HERB CUT ( Cetraria islandica ). Researchers found that people in different parts of the world tended to use the same or similar plants for the same purposes.

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Listing Item Weight: 4oz (113g)

Botanical name: Cetraria icelandica

Common Names: Iceland Lichen, Eryngo-leaved liverwort, Islaendisch Moos (Ger), Islandslav (Swe), Mousse d Islande, Lichen dIslande (Fr), Liqu?n de Islandia (Sp).

Habitat: Iceland Moss (Cetraria islandica) is a circumpolar lichen abundant throughout the arctic and mountainous regions of the northern countries. It is found on the mountains of North Wales, North England, Scotland and South-west Ireland.
In North America its range extends through Arctic regions, from Alaska to Newfoundland, and south in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado, and to the Appalachian Mountains of New England.
Icelandic moss is also found on moist or dry tundra among mosses or in the open, and may be found on forested sites and rocky crevices. It grows best in direct sun, and can grow on shallow, sterile soils. It is well adapted to strong winds and harsh environments, and it likes open, sandy soils at high elevations.

Plant Description: Cetraria islandica is not a moss, but lichen, a symbiotic association between algae and fungus. Although it is not a vascular plant, the structure of Iceland moss can be mistaken for stems and leaves, which make it look like a moss; the likeness in appearance may have been the reason for its name.
Cetraria islandica is a fruticose, or shrub-like and bushy, lichen growing loosely on the soil to a height of 3-4 inches. The thallus (the body of fungi and lichens, being without vascular tissue and not differentiating into root, stem and leaves) is channeled or rolled into thin, branched tubes, which terminate in flattened lobes fringed with minute papillae, rarely more than 5mm wide.
The whole lichen is very tough and springy. It varies considerably from pale chestnut to grayish white; the upper surface is darker, the under surface is lighter to whitish. There are white spots which have a chalky or mealy appearance, and which are lodged in little depressions of the thallus.

Plant Part Used: The whole lichen. It may be gathered throughout the year; during the dry weather between May and September is best. It can be dried for later use by removing loose debris and drying it in direct sun or shade.

Country of origin : BULGARIA

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