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Internal ID UUID644078cedfbbd647603412
Scientific name Sphagnum compactum
Authority Lam. & DC.
First published in Fl. Franç. (ed. 3) 2: 443 1805

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Sphagnum ambiguum Huebener Muscol. Germ. 25 1833
Sphagnum compactum var. imbricatum Warnst. Bot. Gaz. 15: 226 1890
Sphagnum compactum var. rigidum Nees & Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. 1: 14. pl. 2: f. 5 1823
Sphagnum cymbifolium var. compactum (Lam. & DC.) Schultz Prodr. Fl. Starg. Suppl. 64 1819
Sphagnum helveticum Schkuhr Deutschl. Krypt. Gew. 2(1): 12. 5 1810
Sphagnum immersum Nees & Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. 1: 11. pl. 2 f. 4 1823
Sphagnum praemorsum Zenker & D.Dietr. Musci Thur. 1: 6 1821
Sphagnum tristichum Schultz Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 120 1828
Sphagnum compactum f. submersum Limpr. Nov. Stirp. Pug. 1885
Sphagnum compactum var. submersum (Limpr.) Röll Hedwigia 56: 84. 1915.
Sphagnum compactum var. subsquarrosum Warnst. Bot. Gaz. 15: 226. 1890.
Sphagnum rigidum var. subsquarrosum (Warnst.) Renauld & Cardot Rev. Bryol. 19: 67. 1892.
Sphagnum latifolium var. compactum (DC.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. [Sprengel] 4(1): 147. 1827.
Sphagnum obtusifolium var. compactum (DC.) Sw. Adnot. Bot.: 72. 1829.
Sphagnum rigidum (Nees & Hornsch.) Hampe Prodr. Fl. Hercyn.: 63. 1836.
Sphagnum rigidum var. compactum (DC.) Schimp. Mém. Hist. Nat. Sphaignes: 72. 1857.
Sphagnum cymbifolium subsp. compactum (DC.) Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. (ed. 5): 403. 1849.
Sphagnum rigidum unranked submersum Limpr.
Sphagnum compactum var. brachycladum (Röll) Bott. Webbia 4: 127. 1913.
Sphagnum compactum var. capitatum (Röll) Röll Hedwigia 56: 84. 1915.
Sphagnum compactum var. congestum Röll Hedwigia 46: 235. 1907.
Sphagnum compactum var. cymbifolioides C.E.O.Jensen Festskr. Bot. Foren. Kjøbenhavn: 82. 1890.
Sphagnum compactum f. densum (Cardot ex Röll) Röll Hedwigia 46: 235. 1907.
Sphagnum compactum var. elongatum I.G.Borshch. & G.G.Borshch. Musci Taimyr., Bogan. et Ochot.: 137. 1856[1855].
Sphagnum compactum f. flavescens Wheldon Syn. Eur. Sphagna: 13. 1917.
Sphagnum compactum var. fuscum C.E.O.Jensen Festskr. Bot. Foren. Kjøbenhavn: 82. 1890.
Sphagnum compactum var. gracile (Schlieph. & Röll) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Fl. Tirol 5: 102. 1902.
Sphagnum compactum var. immersum (Nees & Hornsch.) Rabenh. Deutschl. Krypt.-Fl. 2(3): 76. 1848.
Sphagnum compactum var. isophyllum Wheldon Syn. Eur. Sphagna: 13. 1917.
Sphagnum compactum var. laxum (Cardot ex Röll) Röll Hedwigia 46: 235. 1907.
Sphagnum compactum var. praemorsum (Zenker & D.Dietr.) Brid. Bryol. Univ. 1: 17. 1826.
Sphagnum compactum f. reflexum (Warnst.) Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 148. 1911.
Sphagnum compactum var. robustum Müll.Hal. Syn. Musc. Frond. 1: 99. 1848.
Sphagnum compactum var. squarrosulum Limpr. Laubm. Deutschl. 1: 118. 1885.
Sphagnum compactum var. squarrosum (Russow) Warnst. Bot. Gaz. 15: 226. 1890.
Sphagnum compactum f. strictum (Warnst.) Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 148. 1911.
Sphagnum compactum f. subsimplex Wheldon Syn. Eur. Sphagna: 12. 1917.
Sphagnum compactum var. turgidum (Röll) Röll Hedwigia 36: 65. 1897.
Sphagnum compactum var. viride C.E.O.Jensen Festskr. Bot. Foren. Kjøbenhavn: 82. 1890.
Sphagnum cymbifolium var. minus (Hook. & Taylor) Hampe Flora 20: 287. 1837.
Sphagnum intermedium var. compactum Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 3(1): 120. 1800.
Sphagnum obtusifolium var. minus Hook. & Taylor Muscol. Brit.: 3. 1818.
Sphagnum rigidum var. brachycladum Röll Flora 69: 330. 1886.
Sphagnum rigidum f. capitatum Röll Flora 69: 330. 1886.
Sphagnum rigidum var. cymbifolioides (C.E.O.Jensen) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 378 [Répert. Sphagnol. 146]. 1897.
Sphagnum rigidum var. daldinianum De Not. Erb. Crittog. Ital. 24: 157 (1157). 1864.
Sphagnum rigidum f. densum Schlieph. ex Röll Flora 69: 329. 1886.
Sphagnum rigidum var. fuscum (C.E.O.Jensen) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 378 [Répert. Sphagnol. 146]. 1897.
Sphagnum rigidum var. gracile Schlieph. & Röll Flora 69: 330. 1886.
Sphagnum rigidum var. imbricatum (Warnst.) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 378 [Répert. Sphagnol. 146]. 1897.
Sphagnum rigidum var. immersum (Nees & Hornsch.) Hampe Flora 20: 287. 1837.
Sphagnum rigidum var. laxifolium Warnst. Flora 66: 377. 1883.
Sphagnum rigidum f. laxum Cardot ex Röll Flora 69: 330. 1886.
Sphagnum rigidum f. purpurascens Warnst. Hedwigia 23: 103. 1884.
Sphagnum rigidum f. reflexum Warnst. Eur. Torfm. (Warnstorf): 100. 1881.
Sphagnum rigidum var. robustum (Müll.Hal.) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 378 [Répert. Sphagnol. 146]. 1897.
Sphagnum rigidum var. squarrosum Russow Arch. Naturk. Liv- Ehst- Kurlands, Ser. 2, Biol. Naturk. 7: 155. 1865.
Sphagnum rigidum f. strictum Warnst. Eur. Torfm. (Warnstorf): 100. 1881.
Sphagnum rigidum f. turgidum Röll Flora 69: 329. 1886.
Sphagnum rigidum var. viride (C.E.O.Jensen) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 378 [Répert. Sphagnol. 146]. 1897.
Sphagnum compactum f. densum (Schlieph. ex Röll) Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 148. 1911.
Sphagnum compactum var. densum (Schlieph. ex Röll) Röll Hedwigia 56: 84. 1915.
Sphagnum compactum f. rigidum (Nees & Hornsch.) Pilous Fl. ČSSR, C, Bryol. 1: 241. 1971.
Sphagnum compactum var. strictum (Warnst.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Fl. Tirol 5: 102. 1902.
Sphagnum rigidum f. densum Cardot ex Röll Flora 69: 330. 1886.
Sphagnum rigidum var. squarrosum Milde Bryol. Siles.: 391. 1869.
Sphagnum rigidum var. strictum (Warnst.) Röll Flora 69: 329. 1886.
Sphagnum rigidum var. turgidum (Röll) Paris Index Bryol. Suppl.: 311. 1900.
Sphagnum acutifolium var. compactum (Roth) Blandow
Sphagnum compactum var. bryoides Sendtn. ex A.Schumach.

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Language Common/alternative name
English low sphagnum moss
English low sphagnum
English compact bog-moss
Czech rašeliník tuhý
Welsh mawnfwsogl brigau niferus
Danish tæt tørvemos
German dichtes torfmoos
Estonian tihe turbasammal
Finnish paakkurahkasammal
French sphaigne compacte
Hungarian tömöttágú tőzegmoha
Dutch kussentjesveenmos
Norwegian Nynorsk stivtorvmose
Polish torfowiec szorstki
Swedish tät vitmossa
Chinese 密葉泥炭蘚
Chinese 密叶泥炭藓

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World Flora Online wfo-0001185624
Florida Plant Atlas 4647
USDA Plants SPCO70
Tropicos 35166747
INPN 6734
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Open Tree Of Life 903787
Observations.org 17606
NCBI Taxonomy 128190
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000310662
Nature Serve 2.126174
iNaturalist 169207
GBIF 2668959
EPPO SHGCO
EOL 926605
Elurikkus 7359
Calflora (Californian flora) 13350
Wikipedia Sphagnum_compactum
PaleoBotany 64337

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GCA_965153455.1 csSphComp1.1 Chromosome ELIXIR Norway 2025-03-01 58 364.06 Mb

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Nuclear DNA Amounts in Chinese Bryophytes Estimated by Flow Cytometry: Variation Patterns and Biological Significances Li D, Luo G, Guo S, Huang R, Yang J, Cao T, Yu J Plants (Basel) 05-Apr-2023
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doi:10.3390/plants12071564
PMID:37050190
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doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1137214
PMID:37021318
Highest densities of mountain hares (Lepus timidus) associated with ecologically restored bog but not grouse moorland management Bedson CP, Wheeler PM, Reid N, Harris WE, Mallon D, Caporn S, Preziosi R Ecol Evol 31-Mar-2022
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doi:10.1002/ece3.8744
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Changes in vegetation structure and composition of a lowland mire over a sixty‐five‐year interval Lovegrove AT, Newton AC, Evans PM, Diaz A, Newton AC, Davy L, Newbould PJ Ecol Evol 12-Nov-2020
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doi:10.1002/ece3.6984
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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
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doi:10.3390/plants9070867
PMID:32650600
Direction of illumination controls gametophyte orientation in seedless plants and related algae Cardona-Correa C, Ecker A, Graham LE Plant Signal Behav 03-Aug-2015
PMCID:PMC4883941
doi:10.1080/15592324.2015.1051277
PMID:26237278
Phytohormone Profiling across the Bryophytes Záveská Drábková L, Dobrev PI, Motyka V PLoS One 14-May-2015
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doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125411
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Predicting climate change effects on wetland ecosystem services using species distribution modeling and plant functional traits Moor H, Hylander K, Norberg J Ambio 09-Jan-2015
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PMID:25576286

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