Demonstration Wetlands Garden Project Water Mill Museum, Old Mill Road, Water Mill, New York |
Sphagnum Sphagnum cymbifolium
This peat-bog moss spreads via creeping stems that can form dense stands in nutrient poor, acidic water-logged soil. Sundews, cranberries and other bog-loving plants colonize in dense mats of sphagnum, and frogs, dragonflies and other insects and wildlife feed on the tiny microscopic plants and animals that live in the moss. image credits: |
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