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Encyclopedia > Reindeer moss

Reindeer moss (c.p. Sw. renmossa, actually and more properly termed "ren; (reindeer lava)), lat. Cladonia rangiferina, is a moss belonging to the family Cladoniaceae, growing in both temperatured and cold climat areas. It have had great economical importance, since it is the main fodder for reindeers. Can also be used in the making of aquavit. Sometimes used as decoration in glass windows. Reindeer moss is acually another name for reindeer lichen. This lichen is found in the Alpine tundra and can survive in the cold. Download high resolution version (701x1050, 272 KB)From FSW (http://images. ... Swedish (svenska  listen) is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in Sweden, part of Finland, and on the autonomous Åland islands, by a total of over 9 million speakers. ... Latin is the language that was originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Subclasses Andreaeidae Sphagnidae Tetraphidae Polytrichidae Buxbaumiidae Bryidae Archidiidae Moss is a type of simple or non-vascular plant, of the class Musci, in the division Bryophyta, that have rhizoids instead of true roots. ... Cladoniaceae is a family of lichens in the order Lecanorales. ... Binomial name Rangifer tarandus The reindeer, known as caribou in North America, is an Arctic-dwelling deer (Rangifer tarandus). ... Akvavit, also known as aquavit, is a Scandinavian distilled beverage of typically about 40% alcohol by volume. ...


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This important reindeer and caribou food is found around the globe in arctic and north temperate regions.
Reindeer moss grows in foamy, gray-green, sponge-like masses two and a half to ten centimeters (one to four inches) high, the tangled hollow stocks branching and rebranching.
In Beringia, reindeer moss is especially abundant in the open woodlands and bogs which lie inland from the Chukotsk Peninsula and on the eastern Seward Peninsula.
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