DCHP-3

snow moss

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a whitish-gray lichen, Cladonia rangiferina, a staple food of the caribou.

Quotations

<i>c</i>1752
There is some snow moss in the valleys, which, I am told, the dear are fond of; and nature produces nothing in vain.