Sphagnum mosses
Sphagnum
Sphagnum is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as "peat moss" though they are different as peat moss has a more acidic pH level. Accumulations of Sphagnum can store water, since both living and dead plants can hold large quantities of water inside their cells; plants may hold 16 to 26 times as much water as their dry weight, depending on the species. The empty cells help retain water in drier...
51 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sphagnum subg. Acutifolia
subgenusAcutifolia
Sphagnum Subg. Sphagnum
subgenusSphagnum
Sphagnum Subg. Cuspidata
subgenusCuspidata
Sphagnum Subg. Squarrosa
subgenusSquarrosa
Sphagnum Subg. Subsecunda
subgenusSubsecunda
Sphagnum Subg. Rigida
subgenusRigida
Sphagnum truncatum
speciesSphagnum truncatum
Sphagnum violascens
speciesSphagnum violascens
Sphagnum capense
speciesSphagnum capense
Sphagnum capillifolioides
speciesSphagnum capillifolioides
Sphagnum fuscovinosum
speciesSphagnum fuscovinosum
Sphagnum davidii
speciesSphagnum davidii
Sphagnum wheeleri
speciesSphagnum wheeleri
Sphagnum margaritae
speciesSphagnum margaritae
Schofield's Sphagnum
speciesSphagnum schofieldii
Sphagnum richardsianum
speciesSphagnum richardsianum
Sphagnum platycladum
speciesSphagnum platycladum
Sphagnum leionotum
speciesSphagnum leionotum
Sphagnum elegans
speciesSphagnum elegans
Sphagnum erosum
speciesSphagnum erosum
Sphagnum pseudo-rufescens
speciesSphagnum pseudo-rufescens
Sphagnum lonchocladum
speciesSphagnum lonchocladum
Sphagnum sjorsianum
speciesSphagnum sjorsianum
Sphagnum pycnocladulum
speciesSphagnum pycnocladulum
Sphagnum erythrocalyx
speciesSphagnum erythrocalyx
Sphagnum juliforme
speciesSphagnum juliforme
Sphagnum brasiliense
speciesSphagnum brasiliense
Sphagnum subserratum
speciesSphagnum subserratum
Sphagnum slooveri
speciesSphagnum slooveri
Sphagnum herteri
speciesSphagnum herteri
Sphagnum rotundatum
speciesSphagnum rotundatum
Sphagnum mirabile
speciesSphagnum mirabile
Sphagnum gomezii
speciesSphagnum gomezii
Sphagnum crumii
speciesSphagnum crumii
Sphagnum cribriforme
speciesSphagnum cribriforme
Sphagnum aciphyllum
speciesSphagnum aciphyllum
Sphagnum laxulum
speciesSphagnum laxulum
Sphagnum longistolo
speciesSphagnum longistolo
Sphagnum boyacanum
speciesSphagnum boyacanum
Sphagnum cleefii
speciesSphagnum cleefii
Sphagnum santanderense
speciesSphagnum santanderense
Sphagnum cundinamarcanum
speciesSphagnum cundinamarcanum
Sphagnum nitidulum
speciesSphagnum nitidulum
Sphagnum irritans
speciesSphagnum irritans
Sphagnum amoenum
speciesSphagnum amoenum
Sphagnum costae
speciesSphagnum costae
Sphagnum luetzelburgii
speciesSphagnum luetzelburgii
Sphagnum subhomophyllum
speciesSphagnum subhomophyllum
Sphagnum cymbifolium
speciesSphagnum cymbifolium
Sphagnum subobesum
speciesSphagnum subobesum
Sphagnum nitidum
speciesSphagnum nitidum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54704.