PLANTS Profile for Sphagnum contortum (contorted sphagnum)

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Sphagnum contortum Schultz
contorted sphagnum

Symbol:

SPCO14

Group:

Moss

Family:

Sphagnaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Nonvascular

Native Status:

Distribution:

NA (not mapped)

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Sphagnum contortum Schultz

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Synonyms:
Sphagnum contortum Schultz

SPSUC4

Sphagnum subsecundum Nees var. contortum (Schultz) Hüb.

Related Taxa:
Sphagnum contortum Schultz

View 1 genera in Sphagnaceae, 73 species in Sphagnum

Classification:
Sphagnum contortum Schultz

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Division	Bryophyta – Mosses
Subdivision	Musci
Class	Sphagnopsida – Peat mosses
Subclass	Sphagnidae
Order	Sphagnales
Family	Sphagnaceae
Genus	Sphagnum L. – sphagnum
Species	Sphagnum contortum Schultz – contorted sphagnum

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sphagnum contortum Schultz

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New Jersey:
sphagnum		Endangered

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Sphagnum contortum Schultz

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 15686.

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 07:13 PM MDT