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peat moss sphagnum moss peat bog Overijssel: peat bog Exposed peat bed with patches of green vegetation and scattered sticks near Avon Park, Florida, with a line of trees in the background.
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peat moss Peat moss (Sphagnum flexuosum).

peat moss

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Also known as: Sphagnidae, bog moss, sphagnum moss
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peat moss, (genus Sphagnum), genus of more than 300 species of moss (division Bryophyta). The taxonomy of Sphagnum species has been controversial, and various botanists accept quite different numbers of species. Peat mosses form dense clumps around ponds, in swamps and bogs, on moist acidic cliffs, and on lakeshores from tropical to subpolar regions. The pale green to deep red plants grow up to 30 cm (about 12 inches) tall. The veinless phyllids (leaflike structures)...

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