100% forest moss.

reindeer lichen, (Cladonia rangiferina), also called reindeer moss, a fruticose (bushy, branched) lichen found in great abundance in Arctic lands.

Preserved Reindeer moss is most commonly used as a topper for flower gardens, potted flowers and other floral inspired designs as a decorative element. They also serve to hide the mechanics of flower designs.

Product details Create beautiful spaces with preserved moss. Use it in your arrangements or when crafting seasonal or every day home decorative projects for a fresh, natural look that you will enjoy for years.

Mosses function like sponges, using their capillary spaces to hang on to water. They help to soak up rainfall, maintain moisture in the soil below and keep conditions around them humid. This enables other plants around them thrive, such as in habitats like marshes and woodland.

As the stems grow, the older leaves (lower down on the stem) die, leaving a living green layer atop a mass of brown, dead material. That brown section will be a mix of rhizoids, dead leaves and stems, and other organic matter that may have been trapped by the plants making up the moss-cushion.

Interesting facts Reindeer moss is not a plant, nor an animal. It is actually a symbiosis between fungi and algae. The lichen can cover immense areas, and as the common name “reindeer moss” suggest, serve as pasture for reindeer, moose, caribou and musk oxen in their winter habitats.

Analytical constituents

Mosses function like sponges, using their capillary spaces to hang on to water. They help to soak up rainfall, maintain moisture in the soil below and keep conditions around them humid. This enables other plants around them thrive, such as in habitats like marshes and woodland.

Preserved moss is moss that is no longer alive and has been chemically preserved and repurposed for decorative purposes and artistic medium. Preserved moss brings powerful, natural energy to any setting.

Mosses are non-flowering plants that release spores and have stems and leaves but no actual roots. They are ancient plants. Mosses are categorized as Bryophyta (bryophytes) in the plant kingdom, along with their relatives the liverworts and hornworts..

Discover some interesting, fun and weird facts about these small flowerless plants!

• Moss was the very first plant on earth.
• Reindeers love moss.
• Mosses don't have roots.
• Mosses can indicate pollution.
• Ever heard of eco-graffiti?
• Mosses and World War.
• Moss is necessary for us.
• There is a moss-craze in Japan.

Mosses reproduce by branching and fragmentation, by regeneration from tiny pieces of photosynthetic tissues, and by the production of spores. The spore, under favourable conditions, germinates and grows into a branching green thread, the protonema.

– Reindeer moss, tends to be more expensive because of its nature it is applied in small clumps and consumes increased labour per square metre. – Bun moss, tends to be the most expensive moss of all because of its natural shape and the process it goes through to be preserved.

Medicinal uses: Lichen is rich in vitamins A and B. Native Americans make a tea from the lichen, and use it to treat diarrhoea. It is also used as a laxative, a cough suppressant, to assist blood formation and to treat loss of appetite, gastritis, inflammation of the mouth, the pharynx and the intestines.

Derived from red algae, sea moss hosts a few benefits for the skin, making it somewhat of a skincare powerhouse. Since it's high in minerals and vitamins, it can be soothing for inflammatory skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis. Sea moss can also be useful to people who suffer from acne or oily skin.