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reindeer lichen
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a whitish-gray lichen, Cladonia rangiferina, a staple food of the caribou.
See: caribou moss
Quotations
1770
[Caribou] find there many extensive tracts of land destitute of wood, and covered with plenty of Reindeer Lichen . . . and other herbage.