The summit ridge is carpeted with the woolly hair moss " Racomitrium lanuginosum ", rather than the dwarf cornel and alpine bearberry.
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Arbutin is derived from the leaves of bearberry, cranberry, mulberry or blueberry shrubs, and also is present in most types of pears.
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It was then experimentally proved that when bearberry were inoculated in a moist chamber with aeciospores from spruce brooms, telia would begin to form.
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The higher ground contains several species which here have their southernmost range in Sweden, including Alpine bearberry and " Agrostis mertensii ".
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Skin lightening cosmetics containing bearberry are safe to use as arbutin does not have any toxicity, side-effects, stimulation or even unpleasant odour.
