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2. Peat - Wikipedia

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   Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. [1] [2] Sphagnum moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most common components in peat, although many other plants can contribute.

3. Sphagnum - Wikipedia

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   Sphagnum is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species [2] [3] of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat ). Accumulations of Sphagnum can store water, since both living and dead plants can hold large quantities of water inside their cells; plants may hold 16 ...

4. Sphagnum magellanicum - Wikipedia

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   Sphagnum vesiculare Müll. Hal. & Warnst. Sphagnum wallisii Müll. Hal. Sphagnum magellanicum, commonly called Magellanic bogmoss, [2] Magellan's sphagnum, [3] Magellan's peatmoss or midway peat moss, is a widespread species of moss found in wet boreal forest in the far south and southwest of South America, North America and Eurasia.

5. Sea Moss: Health Benefits and Side Effects - WebMD

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   Eating too much sea moss can also cause stomach upset, including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Can cause thyroid problems. High levels of iodine found in sea moss can cause thyroid issues and ...

6. List of bogs - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of bogs, wetland mires that accumulate peat from dead plant material, usually sphagnum moss. Bogs are sometimes called quagmires (technically all bogs are quagmires while not all quagmires are necessarily bogs) and the soil which composes them is sometimes referred to as muskeg ; alkaline mires are called fens rather than bogs.

7. Sphagnum palustre - Wikipedia

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   Sphagnum palustre. L., 1753. Sphagnum palustre (Syn. Sphagnum cymbifolium ), the prairie sphagnum [1] or blunt-leaved bogmoss, [2] is a species of peat moss from the genus Sphagnum, in the family Sphagnaceae. Like other mosses of this type it can soak up water up to the 30-fold amount of its own dry weight thanks to its elastic spiral fibers.