Sphagnum palustre Linnaeus
Detail
- Family
- Sphagnaceae
- Botanical Name
- Sphagnum palustre Linnaeus
- Common Name
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not applicable
- Comments
- See comments under Sphagnum henryense.
- Habitat
- In a variety of acidic mineral soils and peats of seasonal ponds, swamps, seepages, bogs, saturated forests, interdune swales, stream edges, pocosins, and mafic fens; also in distubed wetlands such as diches and beaver impoundments. Occurs statewide, one of our most common species of peat moss.
- Native Status
- Native
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