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Blunt-leaved Bog-moss

Mosses and Liverworts

Blunt-leaved bog-moss, Sphagnum palustre, also called prairie sphagnum, is a species of peat moss found in wet forests and marshes across much of the temperate world, generally favoring damp woodland over the open moorland many of its relatives prefer. Like other Sphagnum species it can absorb many times its own dry weight in water within its spongy, spirally structured leaf cells, a property that historically made peat mosses valuable as wound dressings and that remains central to their role in building and preserving peatland habitats.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Sphagnum palustre 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Sphagnum, Species
Source Wikidata: Sphagnum Palustre

In Biome

Temperate Coniferous Forest, Biomes
Source Sphagnum palustre (Wikipedia)
Wetlands, Biomes
Source Sphagnum palustre (Wikipedia)
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Amapa

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Amazonia

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Bahia

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Gansu

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Guangdong

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Minas Gerais

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Parana

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Pernambuco

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Rio de Janeiro

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Rio Grande do Sul

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Santa Catarina

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Sources
1. Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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2. Sphagnum palustre (Wikipedia)
  • lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 322492
    It mainly grows in wet forests and-compared to other specimens of this genus-rarely grows in moors.
  • In Biome: Temperate Coniferous Forest, Habitat coniferous
    It is comparatively frequent and grows on moist and wet habitats like wet forests, often coniferous forests, on marshy meadows, but rarely in moors.
  • In Biome: Wetlands, Habitat wetland
    It is comparatively frequent and grows on moist and wet habitats like wet forests, often coniferous forests, on marshy meadows, but rarely in moors.
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3. Blunt-leaved Bog-moss (Wikipedia)
is a species of peat mossView the Source
4. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Sphagnum palustre
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon record
Quote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Sphagnum palustre"
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Wikidata: Sphagnum Palustre
  • Wikidata Q1385612, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Sphagnum, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q30019 (Sphagnum)
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