Sphagnum magellanicum Brid.
Magellanic bogmoss, Magellan’s sphagnum
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5/4/2012 · Blue Trail, Willard Brook State Park, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) 
10/5/2014 · Mt. Killington, Killington, Vermont · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm) 
5/4/2012 · Blue Trail, Willard Brook State Park, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm) 
4/21/2013 · Crow Hill Trail, Leominster State Forest, Leominster, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
9/19/2009 · Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 15 cm) ID is uncertain 
4/21/2013 · Crow Hill Trail, Leominster State Forest, Leominster, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm) ID is uncertain 
11/3/2023 · Otter Brrok Preserve, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, Harpswell, Maine 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Division | Bryophyta | Mosses |
| Subdivision | Musci | Mosses (all 12,000 of them) |
| Class | Sphagnopsida | Includes only Sphagnidae |
| Subclass | Sphagnidae | Includes mostly sphagnum mosses; also Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, and Flatbergium, each containing a single species |
| Order | Sphagnales | Includes mostly sphagnum mosses; also Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, and Flatbergium, each containing a single species |
| Family | Sphagnaceae | A family of moss with only one living genus: Sphagnum |
| Genus | Sphagnum | From Latin sphagnos, “a kind of moss” |
| Species | magellanicum |
Sphagnum magellanicum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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