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Sphagnum magellanicum
Magellanic bogmoss
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| 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 | |
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5/4/2012 · Willard Brook State Park, Blue Trail, Ashby, Massachusetts
≈ 7 × 4½" (17 × 11 cm) 
10/5/2014 · Mt. Killington, Killington, Vermont
≈ 8 × 5" (20 × 13 cm)
Sphagnum magellanicum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 5 Oct 2021.
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5/4/2012 · Willard Brook State Park, Blue Trail, 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
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