sphagnum
sphagnum
Definition
sphag·num (sfag′nəm)
noun
- any of a genus (Sphagnum) of highly absorbent, spongelike, grayish peat mosses found in bogs
- a mass of such peat mosses, used to improve soil, to pack and pot plants, etc.
Etymology: ModL < Gr sphagnos, kind of moss
sphag′·nous (-nəs) adjective
sphagnum
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- moss: Next, add a thin cover of sphagnum moss, which will prevent the soil from sifting down to the drainage layer.
- bog: Across the road from the highest point of the mountain, a narrow footpath leads down into a small sphagnum moss bog.
- peat: Sphagnum moss peat ( enough to fill the other half ).
- imbricatum: The bog surface is permanently wet and supports a dense and diverse cover of Sphagnum bog-mosses including the rare hummock forming moss Sphagnum imbricatum.
- fuscum: Sphagnum fuscum hummocks are present, and Calluna vulgaris and Erica tetralix are common.
- specie: Lee J.A. , Parsons A.N. and Baxter R. ( 1993 ): Sphagnum species and polluted environments, past and future.
Noun used with modifier
- bog-mosses: These bogs are generally rich in the bog-mosses Sphagnum capillifolium and S. papillosum.
- moss: The bog surface is permanently wet and supports a dense and diverse cover of Sphagnum bog-mosses including the rare hummock forming moss Sphagnum imbricatum.
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