View source for Sphagnum brevifolium

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|accepted_name=Sphagnum brevifolium
|accepted_authority=(Lindberg) J. Röll
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Centralbl.
|place=39: 340. 1889,
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sphagnum cuspidatum var. brevifolium
|authority=Lindberg
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Sphagnaceae;Sphagnum;Sphagnum sect. Cuspidata;Sphagnum brevifolium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Sphagnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sphagnum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Sphagnum sect. Cuspidata]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sphagnum brevifolium]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 63, 64, 67, 68, 74
|treatment_page=page 66
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>small and slender to moderate-sized, soft, not very compact; pale yellow, yellowish brown to brown; capitulum flat to somewhat convex, not 5-radiate to somewhat 5-radiate. <b>Stems</b> pale yellow to pale green, sometimes with reddish portions, superficial cortex of 2–3 layers of clearly differentiated cells. <b>Stem</b> leaves triangular to lingulate-triangular, apex apiculate, acute and sometimes slightly obtuse, spreading or sometimes appressed; hyaline cells nonseptate and often fibrillose at leaf apex. <b>Branches</b> straight to distinctly curved, leaves unranked to 5-ranked, leaves not greatly elongate at branch distal end. <b>Branch</b> fascicles with 2 spreading and 1–2 pendent branches. <b>Branch</b> stems with cortex enlarged with conspicuous retort cells, sometimes reddish at proximal end. <b>Branch</b> leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, greater than 1.2 mm, often subsecund, slightly undulate and slightly recurved when dry; margin entire; hyaline cells on convex surface with 1 pore per cell in apical end, on concave surface with round wall thinnings in the cell ends and angles; chlorophyllous cells equilateral to isosceles-triangular, well-enclosed on the concave surface. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous. <b>Spores</b> not seen.</span><!--

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|habitat=Ecology not presently understood due to past confusion with other species
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);Que.;Alaska;Maine;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;Vt.;Europe.
|discussion=<p>Details of the distribution of <i>Sphagnum brevifolium</i> are unclear because of confusion with <i>S. fallax</i> and <i>S. isoviitae</i>. This seems to be a species of poor to medium fens, where it occurs in depressions and floating mats; it does not appear to form extensive fast-growing mats as do <i>S. fallax</i>, <i>S. isoviitae</i>, and <i>S. pacificum</i>. <i>Sphagnum brevifolium</i> is one of five species in the <i>S. recurvum</i> complex with apiculate stem leaves. On the Pacific coast it seemingly co-occurs only with <i>S. pacificum</i>, from which it differs in having branch leaves less sharply recurved and more strongly 5-ranked. In eastern North America it is quite uncommon but can occur with both <i>S. fallax</i> and <i>S. isoviitae</i> of <i>S. recurvum</i>, in the broad sense. <i>Sphagnum fallax</i> has more sharply recurved branch leaves. <i>Sphagnum splendens</i> has a distinct shiny look. The much more common <i>S. isoviitae</i> has a distinctly flatter capitulum, narrower branch leaves and wider stem leaves. In fact, the relatively broad branch leaves of <i>S. brevifolium</i> sometimes can give it the appearance of a slender <i>S. pulchrum</i>, but the latter has much more strongly 5-ranked branch leaves and lacks paired pendent branch buds. See also discussion under 22. <i>S. angustifolium</i>.</p>
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|author=
|authority=(Lindberg) J. Röll
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
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|basionyms=Sphagnum cuspidatum var. brevifolium
|family=Sphagnaceae
|habitat=Ecology not presently understood due to past confusion with other species
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);Que.;Alaska;Maine;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;Vt.;Europe.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Centralbl.
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|genus=Sphagnum
|section=Sphagnum sect. Cuspidata
|species=Sphagnum brevifolium
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