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Sphagnum palustre  L.

Fam.: Sphagnopsida / Bog Mosses

Synon.:  Sphagnum cymbifolium  (EHRH.) R.HEDW.

Genus:  Sphagnum  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	EHRH.:		Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742 - 1795), German pharmacist and botanist
	R.HEDW.:		Romanus Adolf Hedwig (1772 - 1806), German botanist

Etymology:
	Sphagnum:		Greek name for a moss
	palustre:		marsh
	cymbifolium:		with boat-shaped leaves

Fig. 1:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Odenwald, Beerfelden 21.8.2009

Fig. 2:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Odenwald, Beerfelden 21.8.2009

Fig. 3:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Odenwald, Erbach 19.8.2009

Fig. 4:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Odenwald, Mossautal 14.10.2023

Fig. 5:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Olfen 19.8.2017

Fig. 6:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Olfen 19.8.2017

Fig. 7:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Olfen 19.8.2017

Fig. 8:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Olfen 19.8.2017

Fig. 9:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Bad Dürkheim 23.8.2009

Fig. 10:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Bad Dürkheim 20.8.2009

Fig. 11:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Bad Dürkheim 20.8.2009

Fig. 12:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Bad Dürkheim 20.8.2009

Fig. 13:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Ramsen Eiswoog 20.7.2008

Fig. 14:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Ramsen Eiswoog 20.7.2008

Fig. 15:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Dinkelsbühl 9.10.2009

Fig. 16:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Dinkelsbühl 9.10.2009

Fig. 17:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Dinkelsbühl 9.10.2009

Fig. 18:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Dinkelsbühl 9.10.2009

Fig. 19:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Harz, Sonnenberg 24.8.2018

Fig. 20:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Harz, Sonnenberg 24.8.2018

Fig. 21:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Heiliges Meer (Kreis Steinfurt) 10.9.2020

Fig. 22:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum D Heiliges Meer (Kreis Steinfurt) 10.9.2020

Fig. 23:  Sphagnum palustre / Prairie Sphagnum S Norra Kvill 11.8.2009

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