woolly fringe moss

English

Alternative forms

• woolly fringe-moss

Noun

woolly fringe moss (uncountable)

1. moss of species Racomitrium lanuginosum (family Grimmiaceae).
   • 1861, Margaret Plues, Rambles in Search of Mosses‎^[1], page 21:

     The Oval-fruited Fringe moss is peculiar to the hills of Scotland, Wales and Ireland; the Dark Mountain Fringe moss grows on wet rocks by rivulets in similar situations; Slender Mountain Fringe moss prefers exposed places, as does also the Woolly Fringe moss; the Green Mountain Fringe moss favours rocks; and the Hoary Fringe moss is so kind as to grow on this rough wall.

   • 2010, D. A. Ratcliffe, Bird Life of Mountain and Upland‎^[2], →ISBN, page 191:

     The typical haunts are the windswept summit plateaux or broad ridges and upper spurs of the higher hills, where short montane grassland, woolly fringe moss carpets, lichen heath, or open stony fell-fields cover most of the ground.

   • 2012, Adam Watson, Human Impacts on the Northern Cairngorms‎^[3], →ISBN, page 12:

     Flat ground at the top of Allt Creag an Leth-choin carries prostrate vegetation dominated by woolly fringe moss with some crowberry.

Synonyms

• hoary rock moss
• woolly moss

Translations

Racomitrium lanuginosum

• Icelandic: gamburmosi m