Sphagnum subsecundum Nees
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Detail
- Family
- Sphagnaceae
- Botanical Name
- Sphagnum subsecundum Nees
- Common Name
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not applicable
- Comments
- Of this species, Peat Mosses of the Southeastern United States (Anderson, Shaw & Shaw (2009)) quote from Andrews (1959) saying: "On the species level there is not now and never has been agreement to whether S. subsecundum is a single species, several species or a multitude of species." Anderson, Shaw & Shaw (2009) consider it relatively scarce in the Southeast and absent from the Coastal Plain. They divide the complex into five species. Due to the synonymy in Crum & Anderson where S. lescurii is considered a variety of S. subsecundum, some older specimens in herbaria determined as S. subsecundum may, in fact, represent the much more frequent S. lescurii.
- Habitat
- Bogs, seepages, acid swamps, pond edges, and ditches. Distributed statewide but scattered.
- Native Status
- Native
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