C~MOSS

Sea moss is a type of red seaweed classified as Rhodophytes, one of the largest groups of algae. They are known to possess and high amounts of proteins, minerals, vitamins, essential fatty acids and are typically rich sources of antioxidants. 

Sea moss is a generic term for red algae or seaweed species.  Three popular types of species of sea moss are popular in the commercial and consumer markets, These three types of sea moss are; Chondrus Crispus which grows in the Atlantic in cooler temperatures, and is called  Irish Moss,  Gracilaria, and Eucheuma Cottonii which grows more in the Caribbean and is called Sea Moss.

Chondrus Crispus and the other sea moss have a similar, multi-branched frilly appearance, but Chondrus typically has fanlike, flattened blades whereas the tropical species tend to have slender, finger-like projections on their fronds. Chondrus Crispus has long been a part of the diets of people in cooler climate areas for generations. People named Chondrus Crispus Irish moss because it was used to combat nutritional deficiencies in the 1800s during the Irish Potato Famine. 

The different islands, due to the various bodies of seawater, temperature, weather conditions, the environment it's grown in, marine life, and harvesters cultivating the sea moss, will determine the look and quality of your sea moss and will give you various versions of the below-mentioned species. 

“Seaweed” is the common name for countless species of marine algae that grow in the sea. They produce oxygen by photosynthesizing energy from the sun, just like plants do on land. But, seaweeds differ from land plants in many important ways:

• Seaweeds can photosynthesize in all of their tissues. Most land plants photosynthesize only in their leaves.
• Seaweeds absorb water and nutrients in all of their tissues. Land plants have complex systems of roots, specialized tissues, and leaves that help them move water and nutrients around their body.
• Seaweeds are typically supported by the water they live in. Land plants need structures to help hold them up against gravity.
• Seaweeds can reproduce by simply breaking apart, releasing eggs and sperm, or releasing spores. Land plants typically reproduce by spreading their seeds.
• Seaweeds do not have flowers. Land plants can have flowers.
• Seaweeds can have hold-fasts that help them cling to rocks. (Hold fasts do not transport nutrients or water, they just hold the base of the seaweed in one place). Land plants have roots that anchor the plant in the ground and uptake nutrients and water that then gets transported around their body.
• Seaweeds have blades. Blade gives a surface to absorb sunlight. Land plants have leaves. 
• Seaweeds have stipes. Stipes act like a stem in plants. Land plants have stems.