Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-332.14.00
Sphagnum capillifolium
English: Red Bogmoss, Small Red Peat Moss.
German: Spitzblättiges Torfmoos.
Dutch: Spitsbladerig veenmos.
Botany
This moss grows in red, green or yellow-like lawn up until 15 cm. In swamps, moist forests and berm-bossages. The leaves are triangle and clearly tapered. The leaves of all bog mosses exist of nets of green cells. Between those cells are pores who reserve the water.