Sphagnum centrale

Sphagnum centrale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Sphagnopsida
Order:	Sphagnales
Family:	Sphagnaceae
Genus:	Sphagnum
Species:	S. centrale
Binomial name
	Sphagnum centrale; C.E.O.Jensen

Sphagnum centrale is a species of moss belonging to the family Sphagnaceae.[1]

It has cosmopolitan distribution.[2] It is often found in cedar swamps and similar environs. It has a pale green color common to all the Sphagnum subgenus mosses but, unlike other common members of the subgenus like Sphagnum magellanicum, it will never be red and rarely brown.[3]

References

"Sphagnum centrale C.E.O. Jensen". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
"Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen, 1896". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
Pope, Pope (2016). Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts : A Field Guide to Common Bryophytes of the Northeast. Comstock Publishing Associates a division of Cornell University Press. pp. 59–60. ISBN 978-1-5017-0078-1. OCLC 1034640420.

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[worldfloraonline.org-1] "Sphagnum centrale C.E.O. Jensen". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[GBIF-2] "Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen, 1896". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[3] Pope, Pope (2016). Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts : A Field Guide to Common Bryophytes of the Northeast. Comstock Publishing Associates a division of Cornell University Press. pp. 59–60. ISBN 978-1-5017-0078-1. OCLC 1034640420.