Meanings
- uncountablemoss of species Racomitrium lanuginosum (family Grimmiaceae).
Flat ground at the top of Allt Creag an Leth-choin carries prostrate vegetation dominated by woolly fringe moss with some crowberry.
2012, Adam Watson, Human Impacts on the Northern Cairngorms, →ISBN, page 122 more examples
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.
1861, Margaret Plues, Rambles in Search of Mosses, page 21The 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.
2010, D. A. Ratcliffe, Bird Life of Mountain and Upland, →ISBN, page 191Synonyms: hoary rock moss, woolly moss
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmoss of species Racomitrium lanuginosum (family Grimmiaceae).
Translations
Icelandic gamburmosi
- gamburmosiRacomitrium lanuginosum
Cite this entry
woolly fringe moss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woolly%20fringe%20moss
“woolly fringe moss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woolly%20fringe%20moss. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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