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|accepted_name=Sphagnum capillifolium
|accepted_authority=(Ehrhart) Hedwig
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fund. Hist. Nat. Musc. Frond.
|place=2: 86. 1782,
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Sphagnum palustre var. capillifolium
|authority=Ehrhart
|publication_title=Hannover Mag.
|publication_place=18: 235. 1780
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sphagnum capillaceum
|authority=H. A. Crum
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|name=Sphagnum capillifolium var. viride
|authority=Jennings
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|name=Sphagnum margaritae
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Sphagnaceae;Sphagnum;Sphagnum sect. Acutifolia;Sphagnum capillifolium
|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. Acutifolia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sphagnum capillifolium]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 30, 88, 89, 92, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101
|treatment_page=page 91
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>small to moderate-sized, compact to fairly slender, normally stiff and erect; capitulum typically hemispherical; in exposed sites red, mottled red and green, in shaded sites green forms are common; without metallic lustre when dry. <b>Stems</b> green to red; superficial cortical cells aporose Stem leaves lingulate-triangular, 1.2–1.6(–1.8) mm, apex ± involute; border entire and broadened to about 0.25 the width of the base; hyaline cells S-shaped, 0–1-septate, usually fibrillose in distal portion of leaf. <b>Branches</b> not 5-ranked, terete. <b>Branch</b> fascicles with 2 spreading and 1–2 pendent branches. <b>Branch</b> leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1–1.4 mm, imbricate to moderately spreading, concave, straight, strongly involute near apex; hyaline cells on convex surface with elliptic pores along commissures, concave surface with large round pores away from commissures in proximal portions of leaf. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous. <b>Spores</b> 20–28 µm; finely papillose on both surfaces, with distinct raised Y-shaped sculpture on distal surface; proximal laesura 0.5 spore radius or more.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature mid summer.
|habitat=Ombrotrophic, broad range of acidic environments, also forming dense mats and carpets over wet, acidic rocks and peat, especially at higher elevations, less frequent in forested fen vegetation
|elevation=low to high elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wyo.;Europe.
|discussion=<p>Sporophytes are fairly common in <i>Sphagnum capillifolium</i>. This species is most common and abundant in ombrotrophic heath vegetation associated with <i>S. angustifolium</i>, <i>S. fallax</i>, <i>S. fuscum</i>, <i>S. magellanicum</i>, <i>S. rubellum</i>, <i>Polytrichum commune</i>, and <i>P. juniperinum</i>. It can be distinguished from most other red species of sect. Acutifolia with which it co-occurs by its lack of 5-ranking in the branches. <i>Sphagnum subtile</i> is a forest and non-hummock forming species that has a distinctly shorter and more triangular-lingulate stem leaf. The stem leaf border on <i>S. subtile</i> is also more strongly bordered. <i>Sphagnum tenerum</i>, which geographically overlaps <i>S. capillifolium</i> only very minimally, has much more turgid branches and a generally more robust look. The stem leaf of <i>S. tenerum</i> is triangular-lingulate as compared to the lingulate- triangular stem leaf of <i>S. capillifolium</i>. See also discussion under 84. <i>S. subnitens</i> and 87. <i>S. tenerum</i>.</p><!--
--><p>The names <i>Sphagnum</i> acutifolium Schrader and S. nemoreum Scopoli (doubtful name) have also been used for this taxon.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Sphagnum capillifolium
|author=
|authority=(Ehrhart) Hedwig
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Sphagnum capillaceum;Sphagnum capillifolium var. viride;Sphagnum margaritae
|basionyms=Sphagnum palustre var. capillifolium
|family=Sphagnaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature mid summer.
|habitat=Ombrotrophic, broad range of acidic environments, also forming dense mats and carpets over wet, acidic rocks and peat, especially at higher elevations, less frequent in forested fen vegetation
|elevation=low to high elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wyo.;Europe.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fund. Hist. Nat. Musc. Frond.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V27/V27_88.xml
|genus=Sphagnum
|section=Sphagnum sect. Acutifolia
|species=Sphagnum capillifolium
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