ICELAND MOSS Herb Cut

ICELAND MOSS STEM, Botanical name: Cetraria icelandica is widely used Wicca Magic Tea for Homeopathic Remedy in Naturopathy, Folk medicine and Alternative medicine. Most cultures have a tradition of using plants medicinally from centuries.

Botanical name:  Cetraria islandica

Common Names:    Iceland Lichen, Eryngo-leaved liverwort, Islaendisch Moos (Ger), Islandslav (Swe), Mousse d Islande, Lichen dIslande (Fr), Liquen 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/s Used Traditionally:    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.

Plant Part/s We are Selling in this Listing:  WHOLE AERIAL PART Cut
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Packaging:  Paper envelope PAP 22 / BS EN 26590-1 for nutritional purposes. Thus, the herbs are kept in the best possible way - no contact with light and moisture, with the ability to breathe through the paper.

Country of Origin:  BULGARIA

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