Sphagnum Moss

Cummacatta Wood, just north of the Bowder Stone, has a wet flush with the gloriously red Sphagnum capillifolium (rare in Sussex) plus gone-over Bog Asphodel. It also has Juniper as well as Yew. First Juniper I've seen in Borrowdale; saw lots around Arnside on Limestone

Sphagnum balticum on top of S. rubellum, papillosum, and medium #moss #bryophyte

The difference between habitat in the south (where I live) & the north is fascinating. Sphagnum palustre in Sussex is found in bogs & wet flushes with a supply of water from springs or streams. In Borrowdale, it is also at the top of this rocky mound; in the south, it doesn't rain enough for that.

Sphagnum majus portrait #moss #bryophyte

Wine-red and golden coloured Sphagnum mosses

Red and gold Sphagnum mosses

Red Sphagnum mosses next to pale green lichen strands

Red and gold Sphagnum mosses forming a cushion

Colours of the bog part 1: the rhubarb and custard perfection of various Sphagnum mosses, offset by pale green strands of lichen
They may be on a much smaller scale scale than autumnal deciduous trees, but the colours are as stunning
#bogs
#bogcolours

Kjell Ivar Flatberg, a very kind looking older man, holds out a small clump of Sphagnum moss while wearing a very, very cool knit hat.

Flatberg inspects moss with a hand lens, showing off the patterns on his hat. They are made to look like leaf cells of Sphagnum including large hyaline cells with pores and chlorophyllose cells between.

Microscope photo of the branch leaf of Sphagnum girgensohnii, the pattern is similar to the knit hat.

Multiple Sphagnum branch leafs featuring the same patterns.

Was looking at some stuff about Sphagnum expert Kjell Ivar Flatberg and saw something extraordinary. The patterns on his hat looked…familiar, they’re Sphagnum leaf cells!

Sphagnum majus and medium #moss #bryophyte

An autumnal bouquet of #Sphagnum for a rainy Monday morning. #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog

Sphagnum cuspidatum. My kind of Halloween pumpkin 🎃 #moss #bryophyte

Sphagnum Moss.

I just put this here because it’s fun to say.

Almost sounds rude but it’s not.

Sphagnum Moss.

Was very pleased to have Sphagnum skyense confirmed growing above Líonán in Conamara. A first for me and na Mám toirce.
Bhí mé an-sásta Sphagnum skyense a aimsiú sna Mám Toirce ar cnoic Líonán ag fás ag thart ar 400m. Buíochas go Rory Hodd don comhairle.

#sphagnum splendor

Sphagnum squarrosum

Look at these little pompoms of #sphagnum moss 😍

As well as being great for peatlands, sphagnum mosses were historically used for wound dressings due to their absorbent, anti-bacterial properties 💦

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Isn't it!

Sphagnum riparium close-up #moss #bryophyte

I don't see why you wouldn't have both over there, I'm sure you'll find it. S. medium likes bog lawns. Very sunny and exposed. S. divinum likes bog edges and growing with other vegetation.
Not always the case, of course, but as a general habitat :)

By the pores in the bottom third of the branch leaf. It's not always clear, but you often find pretty clear-cut cases between S. divinum and S. medium in Norway.

Sphagnum medium, rubellum, and papillosum #moss #bryophyte

Sphagnum quinquefarium #moss #bryophyte

90% :) it could be S. flexuosum too, but I doubt it.
It's not S. palustre or the other sphagnum subgenus sphagnum ones. It's 100% a sphagnum subgenus cuspidatum one

Sphagnum strictum (green), rubellum (red) and subnitens (orange) #moss #bryophyte

Sphagnum fallax :D

Sphagnum pulchrum and papillosum #moss #bryophyte

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Sphagnum subgenus Subsecunda on a lawn of brown mosses

Sphagnum cuspidatum, lindbergii and tenellum #moss #bryophyte

Haven't got under the microscope yet but I suspect this is Sphagnum pulchrum I have come across in a very good bog today north of the N59 in Conamara...

It's S. pulchrum :)

Photo of a boulder field. Possibly a felsemer.

Photo of a colourful species of Sphagnum moss.

Photo of a trail through a wildfire zone. The trail bed is still green/unburned. Everything else around is black/burned.

Photo of a bog hole with a cracked-mud bottom.

A recent hike near, and through, a wildfire zone. Newfoundland, Canada.
#hiking #backpacking #wildfire