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Sphagnum capillifolium (Ehrh.) Hedw.

Specimen

MNHN-PC-PC0718872
AME (America)

Taxonomy

Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum
Sphagnum capillifolium
Sphagnum capillifolium (Ehrh.) Hedw.

Origin

Maine
Washington Co.
Maine. 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, 4935026N (NAD83/WGS84)
Hewitt D.
2006-10-21
30
44° 33' 36'' N ; 67° 36' 42.984'' O
Moss forming an almost pure colony of this species about 1 ft across, otherwise often intermixed with other species, common ; center of heads red-brown, surrounded by a region of orange-brown, lateral branches tan
Growing over wet peat (Sebago and Moosabec soils ; Dysic, frigid Fibric Haplohemists to Typic Sphagnofibrists) near the windy crest of a coastal plateau bog.

Determination

Sphagnum capillifolium (Ehrh.) Hedw.
(= S. nemoreum Scop.)