Sphagnum (Sphagnum pulchrum)
Description
A medium- to large-sized species. Growing in carpets, occasionally extensive and usually very conspicuous. Colour is bright golden orange, yellow-brown or chestnut, but can be green. In the spring, after lengthy inundation, colour can be a dull, dirty green. Branches are mostly straight, short and fat, tapering to the tip and base. Branch leaves are conspicuously in straight lines, concave and pointed, those in the basal two-thirds of branches spreading at 45-. Stem colour is yellow-brown to brown, darker than the branch leaves. Stem leaves are triangular, pendent or spreading, with a distinct point or cusp at the tip. Capsules are unknown in Britain and Ireland.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Bryophyta
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Class: Sphagnopsida
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Order: Sphagnales
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Family: Sphagnaceae
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Genus: Sphagnum
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