beard moss

English

Wikispecies

Beard moss (Usnea lapponica) on a tree. Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

Noun

beard moss (usually uncountable, plural beard mosses)

1. Any of several lichens, of the genus Usnea, that generally grow hanging from tree branches, resembling grey or greenish hair.

Synonyms

• beard lichen
• old man's beard
• treemoss

Translations

lichen of the genus Usnea

• Finnish: naava (fi)
• Navajo: tsįdláád