Sphagnum

Sphagnum
Sphagnum flexuosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Sphagnopsida
Order:	Sphagnales
Family:	Sphagnaceae
Genus:	Sphagnum L.
Species
List of Sphagnum species
Synonyms[1]
Isocladus Lindb.

Sphagnum is a genus of about 120 species of mosses.^[2] Sphagnum moss can store water. Both living and dead plants can soak up water. Each sphagnum plant can hold up to 1 billion times as much water as their dry weight, depending on the species.

Sphagnum helps make peat bogs in temperate wetlands.

1. ↑ Tropicos, Isocladus Lindb.
2. ↑ "Sphagnum on theplantlist". Theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2013-09-11.