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Jonesie
07-03-2004, 19:54
Hi, can any one tell me off any good uses for feather moss, apart from bedding.Does anybody know if you can use it for cooking ie steaming fish or is it poisonous.

miranda
07-03-2004, 20:11
Hi, can any one tell me off any good uses for feather moss, apart from bedding.Not sure I'm afraid. But I believe the feather mosses are protected species (in the UK).


Miz :lol:

Viking
07-03-2004, 20:25
Is the latin name "Sphágnum spp"?

Do you have a piv or a latin name it is easier to help, since i dont know the english words.

Jonesie
07-03-2004, 20:42
the feather moss is either a pleurozium schreberi or eurhynchium praelonggum they are all from the feather moss family not the sphagnum moss family. I checked on the www.britishbryologicalsociety. org.uk and it did not come up proctected.

Tony
07-03-2004, 20:48
Drepanocladus vernicosus ?

Adi007
07-03-2004, 20:51
There are several feather mosses that are protected in the UK. These include:
Drepanocladus vernicosus - Slender Green Feather-moss
Rhynochostegium rotundifolium - Round-leaved Feather-moss
Thamnobryum angustifolium - Derbyshire feather-moss

The two you listed are OK though ...