Sphagnum is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term...
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Bog (redirect from Sphagnum bog)
accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials – often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs...
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significance of mosses is as the main constituent of peat (mostly the genus Sphagnum), although they are also used for decorative purposes, such as in gardens...
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Sphagnum fuscum, the rusty bogmoss or rusty peat moss, is a peat moss found commonly in Norway and Sweden, and can be found scattered across North America...
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Sphagnum palustre (Syn. Sphagnum cymbifolium), the prairie sphagnum or blunt-leaved bogmoss, is a species of peat moss from the genus Sphagnum, in the...
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genus Sphagnum: Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Sphagnum aciphyllum Müll. Hal. Sphagnum acutifolioides Warnst. Sphagnum acutirameum...
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Sphagnurus paluster (redirect from Sphagnum Greyling)
Lyophyllaceae which parasitizes Sphagnum moss. It was first described by Charles Horton Peck in 1872. It is commonly called the sphagnum greyling due to it being...
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Sphagnum Valley (54°16′S 36°35′W / 54.267°S 36.583°W / -54.267; -36.583) is a valley sloping northwest from Echo Pass to Cumberland West Bay, South...
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Sphagnum australe is a species of Sphagnum found in southeastern Australia. S. australe is very hard to differentiate from other species of sphagnum moss...
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Sphagnum subnitens is a species of moss belonging to the family Sphagnaceae. It has almost cosmopolitan distribution. "Sphagnum subnitens Russow & Warnstorf...
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Neonemobius palustris (redirect from Sphagnum ground cricket)
Neonemobius palustris, known generally as the sphagnum ground cricket or marsh ground cricket, is a species of ground cricket in the family Gryllidae....
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Sphagnum rubellum, the red peat moss, is a widespread species of moss in the family Sphagnaceae, native to the cool temperate parts of North America and...
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Sphagnum capillifolium, the red bogmoss, northern peat moss, acute-leaved bog-moss, or small red peat moss, is a species of peat moss native to Canada...
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Sphagnum cuspidatum, the feathery bogmoss, toothed sphagnum, or toothed peat moss, is a peat moss found commonly in Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, the...
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Sphagnum russowii, Russow's sphagnum or Russow's bogmoss, is a species of peat moss with a Holarctic distribution. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sphagnum russowii"...
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Sphagnum fallax, the flat-topped bogmoss, is a moss species in the genus Sphagnum Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sphagnum fallax. Wikispecies...
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Sphagnum girgensohnii, also known as Girgensohn's bogmoss, Girgensohn's sphagnum or common green peat moss, is a species of peat moss with a Holarctic...
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Sphagnum papillosum, the papillose peatmoss, is a species of peat moss distributed throughout the northern hemisphere. Although sometimes confused with...
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Sphagnum denticulatum is a species of moss belonging to the family Sphagnaceae. It is widely distributed in Europe but it is also found in other parts...
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Eosphagnum (redirect from Sphagnum inretortum)
species of the genus Eosphagnum. Originally described as a species of Sphagnum, it is now a separate genus on the basis of morphological and genetic differences...
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Sphagnum centrale is a species of moss belonging to the family Sphagnaceae. It has cosmopolitan distribution. It is often found in cedar swamps and similar...
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Heloxycanus (redirect from Sphagnum porina moth)
Heloxycanus patricki, also known as the sphagnum porina moth, is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae, the ghost moths. It is the only member of...
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Sphagnum platyphyllum, the flat-leaved bogmoss, is a species of moss belonging to the family Sphagnaceae. It has almost cosmopolitan distribution. "Sphagnum...
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The sphagnum frog (Philoria sphagnicolus) is a frog in the family Limnodynastidae. The species was first described by John Alexander Moore in 1958. Its...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sphagnum angustifolium. Sphagnum angustifolium, the fine bogmoss, is a species of peat moss with a Holarctic distribution...
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unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. Sphagnum moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most common components in peat...
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Flatbergium (redirect from Sphagnum sericeum)
sericeum and Flatbergium novo-caledoniae, originally described as species of Sphagnum, are now considered part of this separate genus on the basis of genetic...
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Sphagnum macrophyllum, the largeleaf sphagnum, is a species of peat moss native to southern and eastern North America. It is known from every state from...
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Sphagnum magellanicum, commonly called Magellanic bogmoss, Magellan's sphagnum, Magellan's peatmoss or midway peat moss, is a widespread species of moss...
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Sphagnum contortum is a species of moss reported in North America and Europe. NatureServe marked its global conservation status as Secure. In English,...
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