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==About== | ==About== | ||
;Common Names: | ;Common Names: Bitter Moss | ||
;Classification:Moss | ;Classification:Moss | ||
;Description | ;Description | ||
:This highland moss | :This highland moss forms large soft carpets in highland, and tundra regions. It has distinctive red spore pods collected as a spice. | ||
==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
;Rarity: | ;Rarity:Common | ||
;Distribution: | ;Distribution:Arctic and subarctic, tundra. | ||
;Life Cycle: | ;Life Cycle:bitter moss grows as a perennial, forming a continuous carpet. The spore pods sprout in mid-spring. | ||
==Related Species== | ==Related Species== | ||
==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
;Cultivation: | ;Cultivation:None. | ||
;Culinary: | ;Culinary:The spore pods of this moss are used as a spice, which has a sweet and sharp taste. | ||
;Medicinal: | ;Medicinal | ||
* :Bitter Tonic - Dried this moss works well as a tonic, and is used in several medicinal cure-alls. | |||
*: Pectoral - Bitter moss finds use as a pectoral medicine, as it is useful decongestant. | |||
;Other:<!-- other uses--> | ;Other:<!-- other uses--> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
;Cultural | ;Cultural | ||
: | :No significant cultural connections. | ||
;Religious | ;Religious | ||
: | :No religious significance. | ||
==Stories== | ==Stories== | ||
Revision as of 13:13, 29 December 2025
About
- Common Names
- Bitter Moss
- Classification
- Moss
- Description
- This highland moss forms large soft carpets in highland, and tundra regions. It has distinctive red spore pods collected as a spice.
Ecology
- Rarity
- Common
- Distribution
- Arctic and subarctic, tundra.
- Life Cycle
- bitter moss grows as a perennial, forming a continuous carpet. The spore pods sprout in mid-spring.
Related Species
Uses
- Cultivation
- None.
- Culinary
- The spore pods of this moss are used as a spice, which has a sweet and sharp taste.
- Medicinal
- :Bitter Tonic - Dried this moss works well as a tonic, and is used in several medicinal cure-alls.
- Pectoral - Bitter moss finds use as a pectoral medicine, as it is useful decongestant.
- Other
History
- Cultural
- No significant cultural connections.
- Religious
- No religious significance.
