Sphagnum

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Scientific NameCommon NameSummary
Sphagnum alaskense
Sphagnum andersonianumAndrus indicates this species is probably not common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum angustifoliumAndrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum aongstroemiiAndrus indicates this species is in Southeast, though it's not clear how common. Rock ledges are a common habitat.
Sphagnum austiniiAndrus says this species is common on hummock tops in Southeast Alaska. Worley treated S. imbricatum, but according to the FNA entry on Sphagnum imbricatum, it is primarily an Asian species with a single collection from Northwestern Alaska. S. austinii seems like the most likely option for collections previously identified as S. imbricatum.
Sphagnum balticumAndrus indicates this species is uncommon in Southeast Alaska and probably not the same as the balticum in the arctic-subarctic.
Sphagnum bartlettianumAndrus describes the abundance as scatterred in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum brevifoliumAndrus indicates this species probably widespread but not common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum capillifolium
Sphagnum centraleBFNA indicates this species does not occur in Alaska. Possibly collections are in fact Sphagnum alaskense?
Sphagnum divinumFormerly S. magellanicum https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736687.2018.1474424?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=yjbr20
Sphagnum fimbriatumAndrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum fuscum
Sphagnum girgensohnii
Sphagnum henryenseAndrus indicates there are only a couple of records of this species from Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum inexspectatumAndrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum inundatumAndrus indicates this species is not common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum lenenseAndrus indicates this species is rare in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum lindbergii
Sphagnum mendocinumAndrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum obtusumAndrus indicates this species is common near Yakutat.
Sphagnum pacificumAndrus indicates this species is very common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum palustreStatus of this species is unclear. Included in Worley as occuring in the Sitka area, but BFNA Account for Sphagnum palustre does not have it occuring in Alaska.
Sphagnum papillosum
Sphagnum platyphyllumNot in BFNA, recently described? Andrus indicates this species is not common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum pseudopapillosumApparently not in BFNA. Andrus says: "pseudopapillosum"- an as yet undescribed but common species. grows around bases of hummocks and in dense carpet patches in blanket mires. Looks rather like compactum. Common on Sitka.
Sphagnum quinquefarium
Sphagnum riparium
Sphagnum rubellum
Sphagnum rubiginosumAndrus indicates this species is common, especially in forests in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum russowiiAndrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum sitchenseType specimen was collected on Harbor Mountain
Sphagnum sjorsianumAndrus says this recently described species is uncommon and known from only Juneau and Ketchikan so far.
Sphagnum squarrosum
Sphagnum subfulvumAndrus indicates this species is scattered and rare in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum subnitensAndrus described the abundance as "Scattered"
Sphagnum subsecundumAndrus says: "per Jon Shaw, a different species separate from subsecundum in Eastern NA but call it this for now. maybe common"
Sphagnum tenellumAndrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum teres
Sphagnum tongassenseAndrus indicates this is an undescribed species known from only one location in Juneau so far.
Sphagnum warnstorfiiAndrus indicates this species is common in Yakutat and has been collected in Juneau but is rare.
Sphagnum wilfiiAndrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.