-
nounany of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
Similar:
type of:
Definition that contains sphagnum
- andromeda polifolia erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe
- swamp plant a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
- hygrophorus turundus a small fungus with orange cap and yellow gills found in sphagnum bogs
- peat moss any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
- bog moss any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
- marsh andromeda erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe
- sphagnales coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass
- bog plant a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
- marsh plant a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
- sphagnum any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat