Sphagnum palustre

MOSS

Order: Sphagnopsida
Family: Sphagnaceae
Section: Sphagnum

Habitus

Habitus in early spring, dry. Scotland; raised mire
at Forest of Alyth

Spiral fibrils of the leaf stem (100x)

Section of branch leaf (100x)

Leaf cells with pores (400x)

Cross section of branch leaf: hyalocytes and
triangular chlorocytes (400x)