RED-BOG MOSS

RED-BOG MOSS

Sphagnum capillifolium
Scale 5 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
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Plantae, Bryophyta, Sphagnopsida

4 POINTS

Fact: Commonly found growing in bogs and makes its environment acidic via a cation exchange mechanism.

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Graphic by Jennifer Deol
Sphagnum capillifolium, thesmall red peat moss, is a species of peat moss native to Canada, the northern United States, Greenland and Europe.[1] Small red peat can be distinguished by its sweeping, outward-curving branches that resemble tresses. Small red peat is a brownish-green to pinkish-red moss forming tight, carpet-like mounds. The leaves have no midrib and […] read more
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Sphagnum capillifolium, thesmall red peat moss, is a species of peat moss native to Canada, the northern United States, Greenland and Europe.[1] Small red peat can be distinguished by its sweeping, outward-curving branches that resemble tresses.

Small red peat is a brownish-green to pinkish-red moss forming tight, carpet-like mounds. The leaves have no midrib and are tongue-shaped with a bluntly-pointed tip.[2]

(From Wikipedia, February 2015)