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What characteristic of sphagnum moss accounts for its enormous capacity to store water?
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Every part of the moss is permeated with minute tubes and spaces, resulting in a system of delicate capillary tubes, having the effect of a very fine sponge.
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Is Sphagnum an example of a liverwort?
No. Sphagnum is a kind of moss, commonly called peat moss.
What is the Scientific name for Sphagnum?
Actually, Sphagnum is part of the scientific name (the genus) of peat moss.
How does sphagnum moss eat?
Sphagnum moss is a plant and it can't eat . It is photosynthetic .
How was sphagnum moss was used during the civil war?
Sphagnum moss was used as a bandage during the Civil War to wrap around gun wounds.
What does sphagnum moss eat?
Sphagnum moss grows mainly in Canada, US in Wisconsin, New Zealand, Japan and China. In North America at one time the sphagnum plant covered most of the northern hemisphere, but was killed as glaciers scraped deep into the earth as it moved south. Long fibered sphagnum moss is the tan/brown-colored perennial plant that still exists today in the US in harvest-able quantities only in the central counties of Wisconsin (Jackson and Monroe counties). It takes 5-10 years to grow back depending on the severity of the winters and the length of time that the plant is under water during the summer growing season. Sphagnum peat moss is the dead and decaying sphagnum plant. It is not renewable and is normally cut from the earth. Large sphagnum peat harvesting areas are in Michigan and Canada. Long fibered sphagnum plants are destroyed before or during the peat harvest process. Peat moss can be any type of decayed plant life, not just sphagnum. For more information on long fibered sphagnum moss: http://mosserlee.com/page/What_Is_Sphagnum_Moss.aspx
What enables sphagnum leaf to absorb and hold water?
. Sphagnum owes its great water-holding capacity to a combination of leaf structure and growth habit. The major part of a Sphagnum leaf is composed of empty, dead cells, with the chlorophyllous cells occupying just a small volume
Is sphagnum a conifer?
Sphagnum is not a conifer sphagnum is a type of moss.
When was Sphagnum capillifolium created?
Sphagnum capillifolium was created in 1780.
Is sphagnum an example of liverwort?
No. Sphagnum is a kind of moss, commonly called peat moss.
Is Sphagnum an example of a liverwort?
No. Sphagnum is a kind of moss, commonly called peat moss.
What is sphagnum?
a plant !
What is the Scientific name for Sphagnum?
Actually, Sphagnum is part of the scientific name (the genus) of peat moss.
What is the scientific name for peat moss?
The scientific name for peat moss is sphagnum.
What are the characteristics of sphagnum moss that make it a good soil conditioner?
Its organic and has a good water holding capacity when hydrated. It is fiberous and helps bind the soil. It is slight acidic in nature.
Is sphagnum a bryophyte?
What is moss
Sphagnum does not decompose because the environment is too?
There's a great chapter on bryophyte decomposition (including Sphagnum) in Dr. Janice Glime's online Bryophyte Ecology textbook. Sphagnum does decompose, but quite slowly, and one of the reasons is that Sphagnum acidifies its environment. This limits the activity of decomposers. in other words acid!
Is water hyacinth under sphagnum family?
Water hyacinth is Eichhornia crassipes and is in the pickerell weed family. Sphagnum is a moss.
