Sphagnum magellanicum Brid.

Specimen

MNHN-PC-PC0718871

Sector

AME (America)

Collection

Harvard University in Herbier Général

Taxonomy

Family

Sphagnaceae

Genus

Sphagnum

Species

Sphagnum magellanicum

Name

Sphagnum magellanicum Brid.

Origin

Country label

Etats-Unis

Country ISO (code)

United States of America (us)

State/Province

Maine

County

Washington Co.

Verbatim locality

Maine. Perhaps 10ft E. of a tinu stream, to the W. side of the Jonesport Heath, on the western slope and margin, just E. of a high school. Jonesport, Washington Co. UTM 19 610225E, 4934787N (NAD83/WGS84)

Collector's name

D. Goldman

With

Hewitt D.

Collector's number

3881

Collection date

2006-10-21

Altitude

Geographic coordinates

44° 33' 29.016'' N ; 67° 36' 43.992'' O

44.55806 ; -67.61222

Description

Moss forming a small hummock of only this species, common, heads roudish in outline, center of heads red, margins pale red to green, stems reddish.

Ecological note

Growing over wet peat (Sebago and Moosabec soil ; Dysic, frigid Fibric Haplohemists to Typic Sphagnofibrists) in a semi-shady bog forest at the bottom of a slope of a coastal plateau bog.

Determination