DCHP-1 Online
snow moss Obs. 
a whitish-gray lichen, Cladonia rangiferina, a staple food of the caribou.
See also: caribou moss
- c1752 (1852) There is some snow moss in the valleys, which, I am told, the dear are fond of; and nature produces nothing in vain.
- c1752 (1852) There is some snow moss in the valleys, which, I am told, the dear are fond of; and nature produces nothing in vain.