Sphagnum capillifolium

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Sphagnum capillifolium
Small red peat moss in Lake Superior Provincial Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Bryophyta
Class: Sphagnopsida
Subclass: Sphagnidae
Order: Sphagnales
Family: Sphagnaceae
Genus: Sphagnum
Species: S. capillifolium
Binomial name
Sphagnum capillifolium
(Ehrh.) Hedw.
Synonyms
  • S. palustre var. capillifolium Ehrh.
  • S. acutifolium var. capillifolium (Ehrh.) Funck
  • S. nemoreum

Sphagnum capillifolium, the small red peat moss, is a species of peat moss native to Canada, the northern United States, Greenland and Europe.[1] Small red peat can be distinguished by its sweeping, outward-curving branches that resemble tresses.

Description

Small red peat is a brownish-green to pinkish-red moss forming tight, carpet-like mounds. The leaves have no midrib and are tongue-shaped with a bluntly-pointed tip.[2]

Gallery

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References

  1. ↑ Flora of North America. n.d. Sphagnum capillifolium (Ehrh.) Hedw.
  2. ↑ Legasy, K., LaBelle-Beadman, S. & Chambers, B. 1995. Forest Plants of Northeastern Ontario. Lone Pine Printers & Queen's Printer for Ontario: Edmonton. ISBN 1-55105-064-1


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