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Scientific name Sphagnum balticum
Authority (Russow) C.E.O.Jensen
First published in Festskr. Bot. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 100 1890

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Sphagnum cuspidatum var. mollissimum Russow Arch. Naturk. Liv- Ehst- Kurlands, Ser. 2, Biol. Naturk. 7: 139 1865
Sphagnum cuspidatum var. roellii Schlieph. Flora 69: 233 1886
Sphagnum recurvum subsp. balticum Russow Sitzungsber. Naturf.-Ges. Dorpat 9: 99, 112 1890
Sphagnum recurvum var. mollissimum (Russow) Warnst. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 32: 221 1891
Sphagnum roellii (Schlieph.) G.Roth Hedwigia 47: 324. 3 1908
Sphagnum ruppinense Warnst. Hedwigia 47: 115 1908
Sphagnum recurvum f. livonicum Russow ex Warnst. Samml. Eur. Torfm. 3: 250 1892
Sphagnum fallax var. roellii (Schlieph.) Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 253. 1911.
Sphagnum livonicum (Russow ex Warnst.) G.Roth Hedwigia 47: 325. 1908.
Sphagnum recurvum subsp. mollissimum (Russow) Bom. & Broth. Herb. Mus. Fenn. (ed. 2), Musci: 25. 1894.
Sphagnum balticum var. capitatum Röll Hedwigia 46: 233. 1907.
Sphagnum balticum var. congestum Röll Hedwigia 51: 107. 1911.
Sphagnum balticum var. crispulum Röll Hedwigia 64: 227. 1923.
Sphagnum balticum var. dasycladum Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 227 (Sphagnol. Univ. 227). 1911.
Sphagnum balticum var. deflexum Röll Hedwigia 51: 107. 1911.
Sphagnum balticum var. delicatulum (Warnst.) Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 228 (Sphagnol. Univ. 228). 1911.
Sphagnum balticum f. elegans (Russow ex Warnst.) Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 228. 1911.
Sphagnum balticum var. falcatum Röll Hedwigia 56: 80. 1915.
Sphagnum balticum var. gracile Röll Hedwigia 46: 233. 1907.
Sphagnum balticum var. homocladum Röll Hedwigia 51: 107. 1911.
Sphagnum balticum var. livonicum (Russow ex Warnst.) Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 227 (Sphagnol. Univ. 227). 1911.
Sphagnum balticum var. longifolium Röll Hedwigia 46: 233. 1907.
Sphagnum balticum var. macrophyllum Röll Hedwigia 59: 295. 1917.
Sphagnum balticum var. molluscum Röll Hedwigia 51: 107. 1911.
Sphagnum balticum var. polyporum Warnst. Krypt.-Fl. Brandenburg, Leber- & Torfm.: 397. 1903.
Sphagnum balticum var. pseudorecurvum Röll Hedwigia 51: 107. 1911.
Sphagnum balticum var. recurvum Röll Hedwigia 51: 107. 1911.
Sphagnum balticum var. robustum Röll Hedwigia 51: 107. 1911.
Sphagnum balticum var. ruppinense (Warnst.) Pilous Fl. ČSSR, C, Bryol. 1: 302. 1971.
Sphagnum balticum var. strictiforme Röll Hedwigia 51: 107. 1911.
Sphagnum balticum var. submersum Röll Hedwigia 51: 107. 1911.
Sphagnum balticum var. tenellum Röll Hedwigia 51: 107. 1911.
Sphagnum intermedium var. mollissimum (Russow) Broth. & Saelan Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 6: 42. 1890.
Sphagnum livonicum var. congestum Röll Hedwigia 51: 108. 1911.
Sphagnum livonicum var. gracile Röll Hedwigia 51: 108. 1911.
Sphagnum livonicum var. homocladum Röll Hedwigia 51: 108. 1911.
Sphagnum livonicum var. recurvum Röll Hedwigia 51: 108. 1911.
Sphagnum livonicum var. strictiforme Röll Hedwigia 51: 108. 1911.
Sphagnum livonicum var. submersum Röll Hedwigia 51: 108. 1911.
Sphagnum livonicum var. tenue Röll Hedwigia 51: 108. 1911.
Sphagnum recurvum f. delicatulum Warnst. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 32: 222. 1891.
Sphagnum recurvum f. elegans Russow ex Warnst. Samml. Eur. Torfm.: no. 194. 1890.
Sphagnum roellii var. capitatum Röll Hedwigia 59: 298. 1917.
Sphagnum roellii var. compactum Röll Hedwigia 56: 74. 1915.
Sphagnum roellii var. cuspidatum Röll Hedwigia 64: 226. 1923.
Sphagnum roellii var. deflexum Röll Hedwigia 60: 48. 1918.
Sphagnum roellii var. flagellare Röll Hedwigia 60: 25. 1918.
Sphagnum roellii var. immersum Röll Hedwigia 59: 298. 1917.
Sphagnum roellii var. macrocephalum Röll Hedwigia 59: 297. 1917.
Sphagnum roellii var. patulum Röll Hedwigia 60: 48. 1918.
Sphagnum roellii var. recurvum Röll Hedwigia 56: 74. 1915.
Sphagnum roellii var. squarrosulum Röll Hedwigia 60: 25. 1918.
Sphagnum roellii var. tenellum Röll Hedwigia 60: 25. 1918.
Sphagnum schliephackei var. roellii (Schlieph.) G.Roth Eur. Torfm. (Roth): 38. 1906.
Sphagnum balticum var. elegans (Russow ex Warnst.) C.E.O.Jensen Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 3(10): 40. 1896.

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Language Common/alternative name
English baltic bog-moss
English baltic sphagnum
English baltic sphagnum moss
English baltic bog moss
Czech rašeliník baltský
Finnish silmäkerahkasammal
Dutch baltisch veenmos
Polish torfowiec bałtycki
Swedish flaggvitmossa

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World Flora Online wfo-0001185555
USDA Plants SPBA70
Tropicos 35166560
INPN 6725
The Plant List tro-35166560
Open Tree Of Life 378649
Observations.org 17603
NCBI Taxonomy 128184
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000310659
Nature Serve 2.123136
iNaturalist 169204
GBIF 2669138
EPPO SHGBA
EOL 926592
Tropicos 35174305
The Plant List tro-35174305
GBIF 7875267
EOL 41923553

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GCA_965153435.1 csSphBalt1.1 Chromosome ELIXIR Norway 2025-03-01 60 490.97 Mb

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Mercury deposition and redox transformation processes in peatland constrained by mercury stable isotopes Li C, Jiskra M, Nilsson MB, Osterwalder S, Zhu W, Mauquoy D, Skyllberg U, Enrico M, Peng H, Song Y, Björn E, Bishop K Nat Commun 15-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10652010
doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43164-8
PMID:37968321
Inference of future bog succession trajectory from spatial chronosequence of changing aapa mires Kolari TH, Tahvanainen T Ecol Evol 18-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10111175
doi:10.1002/ece3.9988
PMID:37082320
Linkages between Sphagnum metabolites and peatland CO2 uptake are sensitive to seasonality in warming trends Sytiuk A, Hamard S, Céréghino R, Dorrepaal E, Geissel H, Küttim M, Lamentowicz M, Tuittila ES, Jassey VE New Phytol 07-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC10108112
doi:10.1111/nph.18601
PMID:36336780
Organochemical Characterization of Peat Reveals Decomposition of Specific Hemicellulose Structures as the Main Cause of Organic Matter Loss in the Acrotelm Serk H, Nilsson MB, Figueira J, Krüger JP, Leifeld J, Alewell C, Schleucher J Environ Sci Technol 18-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9730845
doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c03513
PMID:36399683
Strong isoprene emission response to temperature in tundra vegetation Seco R, Holst T, Davie-Martin CL, Simin T, Guenther A, Pirk N, Rinne J, Rinnan R Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 12-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9499559
doi:10.1073/pnas.2118014119
PMID:36095176
The role of terrestrial productivity and hydrology in regulating aquatic dissolved organic carbon concentrations in boreal catchments Zhu X, Chen L, Pumpanen J, Ojala A, Zobitz J, Zhou X, Laudon H, Palviainen M, Neitola K, Berninger F Glob Chang Biol 30-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC9303698
doi:10.1111/gcb.16094
PMID:35060250
Vulnerability of the Ancient Peat Plateaus in Western Siberia Pastukhov A, Marchenko-Vagapova T, Loiko S, Kaverin D Plants (Basel) 19-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8707802
doi:10.3390/plants10122813
PMID:34961283
Autumn destabilization of deep porewater CO2 store in a northern peatland driven by turbulent diffusion Campeau A, Vachon D, Bishop K, Nilsson MB, Wallin MB Nat Commun 25-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8616934
doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27059-0
PMID:34824219
Coupling plant litter quantity to a novel metric for litter quality explains C storage changes in a thawing permafrost peatland Hough M, McCabe S, Vining SR, Pickering Pedersen E, Wilson RM, Lawrence R, Chang K, Bohrer G, Riley WJ, Crill PM, Varner RK, Blazewicz SJ, Dorrepaal E, Tfaily MM, Saleska SR, Rich VI Glob Chang Biol 17-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC9298822
doi:10.1111/gcb.15970
PMID:34727401
Key periods of peatland development and environmental changes in the middle taiga zone of Western Siberia during the Holocene Tsyganov AN, Zarov EA, Mazei YA, Kulkov MG, Babeshko KV, Yushkovets SY, Payne RJ, Ratcliffe JL, Fatyunina YA, Zazovskaya EP, Lapshina ED Ambio 06-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8497661
doi:10.1007/s13280-021-01545-7
PMID:33825155
Lake Drainage in Permafrost Regions Produces Variable Plant Communities of High Biomass and Productivity Loiko S, Klimova N, Kuzmina D, Pokrovsky O Plants (Basel) 08-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7411715
doi:10.3390/plants9070867
PMID:32650600
Biotic and Environmental Drivers of Plant Microbiomes Across a Permafrost Thaw Gradient Hough M, McClure A, Bolduc B, Dorrepaal E, Saleska S, Klepac-Ceraj V, Rich V Front Microbiol 15-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7243355
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00796
PMID:32499761
Isotopic compositions of ground ice in near-surface permafrost in relation to vegetation and microtopography at the Taiga–Tundra boundary in the Indigirka River lowlands, northeastern Siberia Takano S, Sugimoto A, Tei S, Liang M, Shingubara R, Morozumi T, Maximov TC PLoS One 10-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC6786563
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223720
PMID:31600327
Nitrogen Deposition Enhances Photosynthesis in Moso Bamboo but Increases Susceptibility to Other Stress Factors Zhang R, Wu J, Li Q, Hänninen H, Peng C, Yao H, Song X, Ying Y Front Plant Sci 16-Nov-2017
PMCID:PMC5696719
doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.01975
PMID:29201036
Physiological Responses of Two Epiphytic Bryophytes to Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sulfur Addition in a Subtropical Montane Cloud Forest Chen X, Liu WY, Song L, Li S, Wu Y, Shi XM, Huang JB, Wu CS PLoS One 25-Aug-2016
PMCID:PMC4999294
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161492
PMID:27560190

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