Bitter Moss
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- 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
- None
History
- Cultural
- No significant cultural connections.
- Religious
- No religious significance.
