Clumps of purple moor grass (Molinia caerulea) are also typical of this type of woodland habitat.

Claviceps purpurea is an ascomycetous fungus which grows on the seeds of purple moor grass.

Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations page on purple moor grass.

This has produced areas of moor grass, cross-leaved heath and cottongrass.

It can be found in purple moor grass and rush pastures.

The underlying geology of the mountain is granite, covered with blanket bog, which is a habitat for heather, purple moor grass and Sphagnum moss.

The drier areas are dominated by heather interspersed with cross-leaved heath and purple moor grass.

The tussocks of moor grass, interspersed with patches of heather and sphagnum, made walking difficult for Banks.

Sesleria caerulea (blue moor grass) is a species of perennial grass in the Poaceae family, native to Europe.

Blue moor grass is also nationally scarce but abundant here.