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Sphagnum capillifolium (Ehrh.) Hedw.

Red sphagnum moss

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Sphagnum capillifolium (red sphagnum moss)

5/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Mass­a­chu­setts

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
DivisionBryophytaMosses
SubdivisionMusciMosses (all 12,000 of them)
ClassSphagnopsidaIncludes only Sphagnidae
SubclassSphagnidaeIncludes mostly sphagnum mosses; also Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, and Flatbergium, each containing a single species
OrderSphagnalesIncludes mostly sphagnum mosses; also Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, and Flatbergium, each containing a single species
FamilySphagnaceaeA family of moss with only one living genus: Sphagnum
GenusSphagnumFrom Latin sphagnos, “a kind of moss”
Speciescapillifolium

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Sphagnum capillifolium description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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