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Internal ID UUID644078e91476b025619473
Scientific name Sphagnum macrophyllum
Authority Bernh. ex Brid.
First published in Bryol. Univ. 1: 10 1826

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It is a large species of peat moss, growing up to 10 cm in height. It is an important component of bog and fen ecosystems, providing habitat and food for a variety of organisms. It is also used in horticulture as a soil amendment and mulch.

Sphagnum macrophyllum is a species of peat moss native to the eastern and southern parts of North America, as well as parts of Canada. It is a large species, growing up to 10 cm in height, with dark brown to almost black fronds and lanceolate leaves that taper at the tip. It is an important part of bog and fen ecosystems, providing habitat and food for a variety of organisms, and is also used in horticulture as a soil amendment and mulch.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Isocladus macrophyllus (Bernh. ex Brid.) Lindb. Öfvers. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. 19: 134 1862
Sphagnum macrophyllum var. burinense Maass Bryologist 70: 181. f. 10–11, 16–17 1967

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English largeleaf sphagnum

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World Flora Online wfo-0001189795
Florida Plant Atlas 4654
USDA Plants SPMA12
Tropicos 35174331
The Plant List tro-35174331
Open Tree Of Life 124573
NCBI Taxonomy 128214
Nature Serve 2.954143
iNaturalist 169218
GBIF 2669024
Freebase /m/0_h13xb
EOL 928367
Wikipedia Sphagnum_macrophyllum

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Microarthropod contributions to fitness variation in the common moss Ceratodon purpureus Shortlidge EE, Carey SB, Payton AC, McDaniel SF, Rosenstiel TN, Eppley SM Proc Biol Sci 31-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8059975
doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.0119
PMID:33784868
Taxonomic monograph of the genus Taeniolella s. lat. (Ascomycota) Heuchert B, Braun U, Diederich P, Ertz D Fungal Syst Evol 10-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC7225685
doi:10.3114/fuse.2018.02.06
PMID:32467889
The effects of quantitative fecundity in the haploid stage on reproductive success and diploid fitness in the aquatic peat moss Sphagnum macrophyllum Johnson MG, Shaw AJ Heredity (Edinb) 24-Feb-2016
PMCID:PMC4868265
doi:10.1038/hdy.2016.13
PMID:26905464

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