Woolly Fringe-moss - Racomitrium lanuginosum
This large and distinctive moss is an upland specialist and only found in the Charnwood area in Leicestershire. It is grey-green and with a prominent hair point at the end of each leaf - giving it the 'woolly' appearance. Leaves are up to 6mm and typically curve in one direction. The hair point is toothed.
Stone walls in a few upland areas of Leicestershire.
All year.
Common in upland areas, rare elsewhere.
Rare in VC55.
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park, Newtown Linford
21 February 2026
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park, Newtown Linford
21 February 2026
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- Common names
- Woolly Fringe-moss, Woolly Hair Moss
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- Mosses & Liverworts
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- 1
- First record:
- 21/02/2026 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 21/02/2026 (Nicholls, David)
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