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Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen is a plant in the Sphagnaceae family, order Sphagnales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen

Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen

Sphagnum centrale is a cosmopolitan pale green moss of the Sphagnaceae family that never turns red.

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Family
Genus
Sphagnum
Order
Sphagnales
Class
Sphagnopsida

About Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen

Taxonomic Classification

Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen is a species of moss in the Sphagnaceae family.

Distribution and Habitat

It has a cosmopolitan distribution, and is most often found in cedar swamps and similar environments.

Typical Coloration

Like all other mosses in the Sphagnum subgenus, it is typically pale green.

Distinguishing Color Characteristics

Unlike other common members of this subgenus, such as Sphagnum magellanicum, Sphagnum centrale is never red and only very rarely brown.

Photo: (c) Dmitriy Bochkov, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Dmitriy Bochkov · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Bryophyta Sphagnopsida Sphagnales Sphagnaceae Sphagnum

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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