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Sphagnum centrale

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Species of moss

Sphagnum centrale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Sphagnopsida
Order: Sphagnales
Family: Sphagnaceae
Genus: Sphagnum
Species: S. centrale
Binomial name
Sphagnum centrale
C.E.O.Jensen

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 environs. It has a pale green color common to all the Sphagnum subgenus mosses but, unlike other common members of the subgenus like Sphagnum magellanicum, it will never be red and rarely brown.

References

  1. "Sphagnum centrale C.E.O. Jensen". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. "Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen, 1896". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. Pope, Pope (2016). Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts : A Field Guide to Common Bryophytes of the Northeast. Comstock Publishing Associates a division of Cornell University Press. pp. 59–60. ISBN 978-1-5017-0078-1. OCLC 1034640420.
Taxon identifiers
Sphagnum centrale


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