Sphagnaceae

Sphagnum affine Renauld & Cardot

Sphagnum affine (imbricate bogmoss) is a yellowish peat moss harvested for commercial peat products.

Sphagnum capillifolium (Ehrh.) Hedw.

Sphagnum capillifolium, small red peat moss, is a colored mound-forming moss with specific characteristic leaf structures.

Sphagnum compactum DC.

Sphagnum compactum, or compact bogmoss, is a cosmopolitan moss species from the Sphagnaceae family.

Sphagnum cuspidatum Ehrh. ex Hoffm.

Sphagnum cuspidatum is a moderately sized dioecious peat moss with distinct growth forms and a range of human uses.

Sphagnum fimbriatum Wilson

Sphagnum fimbriatum is a genetically cohesive, widely distributed pioneer bog moss that colonises young early-successional wetlands.

Sphagnum fuscum (Schimp.) H.Klinggr.

Sphagnum fuscum is a circumpolar peat moss that forms bog hummocks and has various research and historical medicinal uses.

Sphagnum girgensohnii Russow

Sphagnum girgensohnii is a robust Northern Hemisphere peat moss with specific physical traits and flexible habitat preferences.

Sphagnum macrophyllum Bernh. ex Brid.

Sphagnum macrophyllum, or largeleaf sphagnum, is a North American peat moss that floats on lakes and ponds.

Sphagnum palustre L.

Sphagnum palustre is a common widespread peat moss that can absorb 30x its dry weight in water, with uses in European air quality monitoring.

Sphagnum papillosum Lindb.

Sphagnum papillosum is a widespread peat-forming Sphagnum moss with antimicrobial properties used as an alternative to mined peat.

Sphagnum quinquefarium (Lindb.) Warnst.

Sphagnum quinquefarium is a medium-sized peat moss with distinct three spreading branches per fascicle, found in oceanic humid regions.

Sphagnum recurvum P.Beauv.

Sphagnum recurvum is a moss species in the Sphagnaceae family, native to Eurasia and America.

Sphagnum russowii Warnst.

Sphagnum russowii (Russow's sphagnum/Russow's bogmoss) is a Holarctic-distributed species of peat moss.

Sphagnum squarrosum Crome

Sphagnum squarrosum, or spiky bog-moss, is a widely distributed, highly dispersible adaptive peat moss of the Northern Hemisphere.

Sphagnum subsecundum Nees

Slender cow-horn bog-moss is a Sphagnaceae moss that names a widespread wetland species complex, and the species itself grows in Europe, eastern North America and North African Tunisia.

Sphagnum teres (Schimp.) Ångstr. ex C.Hartm.

Sphagnum teres is a medium-sized peat moss widespread across temperate and polar Northern Hemisphere, growing in minerotrophically fed peatlands and fens.

Sphagnum wulfianum Girg.

Sphagnum wulfianum is a distinctive medium-sized circumboreal boreal moss with unique morphological traits.

Sphagnum subnitens Russow & Warnst.

Sphagnum subnitens is an almost cosmopolitan moss species in the family Sphagnaceae.

Sphagnum rubellum Wilson

Sphagnum rubellum is a small circumboreal peat moss with diagnostic morphological traits and specific oceanic open bog habitat preferences.

Sphagnum warnstorfii Russow

Sphagnum warnstorfii is a widely distributed Northern Hemisphere peat moss with intermediate sensitivity to the herbicide Asulam.

Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen

Sphagnum centrale is a cosmopolitan pale green moss of the Sphagnaceae family that never turns red.

Sphagnum austinii Sull.

Sphagnum austinii, or Austin's sphagnum, is a Sphagnaceae moss found in North America and Northern Europe.

Sphagnum magellanicum Brid.

Sphagnum magellanicum is a distinctive bog moss with red-purple leaf coloring that forms low cushions and mats.

Sphagnum denticulatum Brid.

Sphagnum denticulatum is a Sphagnaceae moss widely distributed in Europe, known to be sensitive to the herbicide Asulam.