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UKEconet > Projects & Identification Guides > Sphagnum > Pt 3 Advanced > Sphagnum tenellum

Identification Guide  - SPHAGNUM MOSSES
Part 3 - Advanced Guide: Sphagnum tenellum

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Sphagnum tenellum
Sphagnum tenellum
  • Small, inconspicuous species
  • Often a pallid yellow-green, but bright green or olive colouration possible 
  • Delicate; readily fragmenting when handled
  • The leaves at the tips of the spreading branches diverge in a very characteristic manner; which has been likened to that of the open beak of a bird 
  • Typically forms inconspicuous low patches and mats
  • Often found on wet heaths, typically on patches of open ground between vegetation
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Guide prepared by Paul Ardron, Ian Rotherham & Chris Percy
Supported by the British Ecological Society - Peatlands SIG and Sheffield Hallam University

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