Summary.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:#f8f9fa;padding:5px;font-size:95%;border-spacing:2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0;width:100%}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:4px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{background:#ccf;text-align:right;padding-right:0.4em;width:15%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{border-top:0;padding-top:0;margin-top:-8px}@media only screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table.fileinfotpl-type-information{border-spacing:0;padding:0;word-break:break-word;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody{display:block}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:0.2em 0.4em;text-align:left;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{box-sizing:border-box;flex:1 0 100%;width:100%}} Description: English: Woolly Fringe-moss (Racomitrium lanuginosum) [In older works, the name of the genus is given as Rhacomitrium, with an 'h', but the currently-accepted name is as given above.] This is a common upland species; the specimen shown here was growing on top of a dry-stone wall (a very common habitat for this species). This moss prefers acidic conditions, and is best suited to colonising fairly flat surfaces. There is a long white wispy hair-point at the tip of each leaf, giving the moss a very distinctive white-fringed appearance, and giving rise to its common name of Woolly Fringe-moss. The book "British Mosses and Liverworts" (1955), by E.V.Watson, comments: "'Racomitrium heath' is the name given to a plant community of exposed mountain-tops in which this species plays a dominant role. In such places R. lanuginosum forms extensive mats, and is not only the most robust and conspicuous bryophyte but also imparts a definite character to the landscape as a whole.". Date: 6 March 2009. Source: From
geograph.org.uk. Author:
Lairich Rig. Attribution(
required by the license)InfoFieldLairich Rig / Woolly Fringe-moss /
CC BY-SA 2.0. InfoFieldLairich Rig / Woolly Fringe-moss. Camera location
56° 00′ 05.6″ N, 4° 37′ 44″ W View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 56.001560; -4.629000. Object location
56° 00′ 05.6″ N, 4° 37′ 44″ W View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 56.001560; -4.629000.
