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Sphagnum palustre L.
Prairie sphagnum, blunt-leaved bogmoss
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Division | Bryophyta | Mosses |
| Subdivision | Musci | Mosses (all 12,000 of them) |
| Class | Sphagnopsida | Includes only Sphagnidae |
| Subclass | Sphagnidae | Includes mostly sphagnum mosses; also Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, and Flatbergium, each containing a single species |
| Order | Sphagnales | Includes mostly sphagnum mosses; also Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, and Flatbergium, each containing a single species |
| Family | Sphagnaceae | A family of moss with only one living genus: Sphagnum |
| Genus | Sphagnum | From Latin sphagnos, “a kind of moss” |
| Species | palustre | Growing in marshes |
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Sphagnum palustre description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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10/5/2012 · Willard Brook State Park, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 17 × 12″ (44 × 29 cm)  ID is uncertain 
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