Papillose Peatmoss is a species of peat moss distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere. It is sometimes confused with the related species Sphagnum imbricatum and Sphagnum palustre, but is distinguished by its yellow green to brown, short and blunt branches and by its papillose, wart textured chlorophyll bearing cells.
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Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Sphagnum papillosum (Wikipedia)
In Biome
Fen, Biomes Source Sphagnum papillosum (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Papillose PeatmossDistributionsQuote, Distributions
"locality": "Southern Asia", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Papillose PeatmossDistributionsQuote, Distributions
"locality": "North America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Sources
1. Sphagnum papillosum (Wikipedia)
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Sphagnum papillosum, the papillose peatmoss, is a species of peat moss distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Sphagnum papillosum, the papillose peatmoss, is a species of peat moss distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
Child Taxon Of: Bryophyta, Lead
Sphagnum papillosum, the papillose peatmoss, is a species of peat moss distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
In Biome: Fen, Habitat
papillosum is oligo-mesotrophic, commonly found in shaded, nutrient-poor fen habitats to open, acidic peatlands.
View the Source2. GBIF: Sphagnum papillosum
GBIFDescriptions: biomeQuote, Descriptions: biome
description: terrestrial
3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Sphagnum papillosum
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon recordQuote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Sphagnum papillosum"
Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosyntheticQuote, 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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