sphagnum : Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum, the decomposed remains of which form peat.
Mosses (especially Sphagnum spp.), sedges, and lichens can tolerate bog condi-tions; one or more of these groups form the dominant plant community in a bog.
A wetland such as a fen or bog that accumulates peat and whose vegetation is dominated by sphagnum moss and small herbs.
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A commonly used term in Scotland and Ireland for a stretch waterlogged, spongy ground, chiefly composed of decaying vegetable matter, especially of rushes, cotton grass, and sphagnum moss.
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 See also: Bog, Pollution, Waste, Water, Environmental
  
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