Blunt leaved bog moss
Sphagnum palustre
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Sphagnum palustre
- Group
- Moss
- Order
- Sphagnales
- Family
- Sphagnaceae
- Continent
- Europe, Asia, North America
- Habitat
- Wetlands
- Form
- Herb
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Flower colour
- No flowers
- Blooms in
- Never blooms
- Use
- Medicine
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Sphagnum mosses can soak up about 20 times their own dry weight in water.
- Dead Sphagnum piles up very slowly as peat, which stores carbon and can preserve ancient remains.
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Similar plants
- Common haircap moss
Polytrichum commune
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q1385612 · All plants · All entries