Sphagnum

Accepted species 289 Documented here 52 Family Sphagnaceae

Accepted species 289 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Sphagnum squarrosum Crome 377 documented
Sphagnum palustre L. 196 documented
Sphagnum girgensohnii Russow 138 documented
Sphagnum capillifolium (Ehrh.) Hedw. 137 documented
Sphagnum fimbriatum Wilson 136 documented
Sphagnum denticulatum Brid. 132 documented
Sphagnum fallax (H.Klinggr.) H.Klinggr. 131 documented
Sphagnum fuscum (Schimp.) H.Klinggr. 118 documented
Sphagnum cuspidatum Ehrh. ex Hoffm. 76 documented
Sphagnum papillosum Lindb. 74 documented
Sphagnum compactum DC. 72 documented
Sphagnum mendocinum Sull. & Lesq. 61 documented
Sphagnum russowii Warnst. 61 documented
Sphagnum subnitens Russow & Warnst. 58 documented
Sphagnum rubellum Wilson 56 documented
Sphagnum inundatum Russow 53 documented
Sphagnum rubiginosum Flatberg 47 documented
Sphagnum quinquefarium (Lindb. ex Braithw.) Warnst. 40 documented
Sphagnum strictum Sull. 40 documented
Sphagnum perichaetiale Hampe 39 documented
Sphagnum magellanicum Brid. 37 documented
Sphagnum cristatum Hampe 36 documented
Sphagnum teres (Schimp.) Ångstr. ex C.Hartm. 35 documented
Sphagnum wulfianum Girg. 33 documented
Sphagnum subsecundum Nees 30 documented
Sphagnum recurvum P.Beauv. 28 documented
Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen 27 documented
Sphagnum divinum Flatberg & K.Hassel 27 documented
Sphagnum missouricum Warnst. & Cardot 26 documented
Sphagnum flexuosum Dozy & Molk. 25 documented
Sphagnum riparium Ångstr. 24 documented
Sphagnum angustifolium (Russow) C.E.O.Jensen 21 documented
Sphagnum warnstorfii Russow 19 documented
Sphagnum truncatum Hornsch. 17 documented
Sphagnum austinii Sull. 16 documented
Sphagnum lindbergii Schimp. 14 documented
Sphagnum medium Limpr. 14 documented
Sphagnum pacificum Flatberg 13 documented
Sphagnum portoricense Hampe 13 documented
Sphagnum pulchrum (Lindb. ex Braithw.) Warnst. 12 documented
Sphagnum falcatulum Besch. 10 documented
Sphagnum tenellum (Brid.) Bory 10 documented
Sphagnum lescurii Sull. 9 documented
Sphagnum junghuhnianum Dozy & Molk. 7 documented
Sphagnum pylaesii Brid. 7 documented
Sphagnum bartlettianum Warnst. 6 documented
Sphagnum cribrosum Lindb. 6 documented
Sphagnum magniae A.J.Shaw, Aguero & Nieto-Lugilde 5 documented
Sphagnum molle Sull. 5 documented
Sphagnum affine Renauld & Cardot 3 documented
Sphagnum cyclophyllum Sull. & Lesq. 3 documented
Sphagnum tenerum Sull. & Lesq. 3 documented
Sphagnum carolinianum R.E.Andrus 2 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum macrophyllum Bernh. ex Brid. 2 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum torreyanum Sull. 2 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum balticum (Russow) C.E.O.Jensen 1 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum capense Hornsch. 1 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum contortum Schultz 1 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum limbatum Mitt. 1 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum platyphyllum (Lindb. ex Braithw.) Sull. ex Warnst. 1 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum trinitense Müll.Hal. 1 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum aciphyllum Müll.Hal. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum acutifolioides Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum acutirameum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum aequalipunctatum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum aequiporosum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum africanum Welw. & Duby 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum alaskense R.E.Andrus & Janssens 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum alegrense Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum amazonense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum amazonicum H.A.Crum & W.R.Buck 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum amoenoides H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum amoenum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum andrusii (H.A.Crum) Flatberg 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum angermanicum Melin 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum annulatum H.Lindb. ex Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum antarense Wijk & Zanten 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum antioquiense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum aongstroemii C.Hartm. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum apopenneysii B.C.Tan, Ignatov, Ignatova & Mishler 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum arcticum Flatberg & Frisvoll 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum atroligneum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum australe Mitt. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum austroamericanum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum azuayense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum balslevii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum barclayae H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum beothuk R.E.Andrus 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum beringiense A.J.Shaw, R.E.Andrus & B.Shaw 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum billbuckii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum boliviae Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum boomii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum boyacanum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum brachybolax Müll.Hal. ex Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum brasiliense Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum breedlovei H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum brevirameum Hampe 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum calymmatophyllum Warnst. & Cardot 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum cavernulosum Flatberg & Whinam 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum ceylonicum Mitt. ex Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum chi-chiense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum cleefii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum comosum Müll.Hal. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum complanatum Flatberg & Whinam 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum concinnum (Berggr.) Flatberg 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum condensatum Brid. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum conflatum Müll.Hal. ex Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum connectens Warnst. & Cardot 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum contortulum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum costae H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum cribriforme H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum crumii Schäf.-Verw. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum cuculliforme H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum cundinamarcanum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum curicuriariense H.A.Crum & W.R.Buck 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum curvatulum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum cuspidatulum Müll.Hal. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum cyclocladum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum davidii Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum delamboyense Schäf.-Verw. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum diabolicum A.J.Shaw, Aguero & Nieto-Lugilde 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum diblastoides H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum dicladum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum dimorphophyllum H.A.Crum & W.R.Buck 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum divisum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum dominii Kavina 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum efibrillosum A.L.Andrews 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum engelii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum ericetorum Brid. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum exile H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum exquisitum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum fitzgeraldii Renauld ex Lesq. & James 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum flaccidum Besch. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum flavicaule Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum flavicomans (Cardot) Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum fontanum Müll.Hal. ex Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum frahmii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum fraudulentum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum funkiae H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum fuscovinosum Seppelt & H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum garysmithii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum geraisense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum globicephalum Müll.Hal. ex Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum gomezii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum gracilescens Hampe ex Müll.Hal. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum griseum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum guwassanense Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum hampeanum Venturi 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum harleyi H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum hegewaldii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum helenicum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum henryense Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum hertelianum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum herteri H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum homophyllum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum imbricatum Hornsch. ex Russow 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum imperforatum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum incertum Warnst. & Cardot 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum incommodum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum incundum Flatberg & K.Hassel 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum inexspectatum Flatberg 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum irwinii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum islei Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum itabense H.A.Crum & W.R.Buck 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum jensenii H.Lindb. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum juliforme H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum kenaiense R.E.Andrus 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum khasianum Mitt. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum kushiroense H.Suzuki 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum laegaardii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum lankesteri H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum laxirameum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum laxulum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum lenense H.Lindb. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum leonii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum lewisii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum liesneri H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum lojense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum longicomosum Müll.Hal. ex Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum longistolo Müll.Hal. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum luetzelburgii H.K.G.Paul ex H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum luzonense Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum lydiae Flatberg & K.Hassel 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum maegdefraui H.Suzuki 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum magistri H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum magniporosum Flatberg, K.Hassel & Prestø 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum majus (Russow) C.E.O.Jensen 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum mcqueenii R.E.Andrus 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum meridense (Hampe) Müll.Hal. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum microcarpum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum microcuspidatum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum microporum Warnst. ex Cardot 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum minutulum Müll.Hal. & Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum mirabile Müll.Hal. & Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum mirum Flatberg & Thingsgaard 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum mississippiense R.E.Andrus 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum miyabeanum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum moronum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum mucronatum Bruch & Schimp. ex Edmondston 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum multifibrosum X.J.Li & M.Zang 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum multiporosum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum negrense Mitt. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum nepalense H.Suzuki 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum nitidulum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum noryungasense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum novoguineense M.Fleisch. & Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum novozelandicum Mitt. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum obliquefibrosum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum obtusum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum olafii Flatberg 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum oregonense R.E.Andrus 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum orientale L.I.Savicz 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum ornatum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum ovatum Hampe ex Müll.Hal. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum pallens Warnst. & Cardot 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum paranense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum parcoramosum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum perfoliatum L.I.Savicz 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum perrieri Thér. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum planifolium Müll.Hal. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum platyphylloides Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum pluriporosum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum poasense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum priceae H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum pseudoramulinum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum pungifolium X.J.Li 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum pycnocladulum Müll.Hal. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum ramulinum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum reclinatum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum reichardtii Hampe ex Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum richardsianum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum rionegrense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum ripense H.A.Crum & W.R.Buck 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum robinsonii Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum roraimense Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum rotundatum Müll.Hal. & Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum rotundifolium Müll.Hal. & Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum rubroflexuosum R.E.Andrus 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum rutenbergii Müll.Hal. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum sancto-josephense H.A.Crum & Crosby 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum sanguinale Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum santanderense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum schwabeanum H.K.G.Paul ex Herzog 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum sehnemii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum septatum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum simplex Fife 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum simplicicaulis H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum sipmanii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum sitchense R.E.Andrus 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum skyense Flatberg 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum slooveri A.Eddy 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum sonsonense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum sparsum Hampe 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum sphaericum H.Lindb. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum splendens Maass 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum steerei R.E.Andrus 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum subacutifolium Schimp. ex Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum subaequifolium Hampe 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum subbalticum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum subfulvum Sjörs 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum subhomophyllum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum submedium Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum subobesum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum subovalifolium Müll.Hal. & Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum subrufescens Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum subsecundoides H.A.Crum & W.R.Buck 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum subtile (Russow) Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum sucrei H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum sumapazense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum tabuleirense O.Yano & H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum talbotianum R.E.Andrus 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum tescorum Flatberg 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum tosaense Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum trirameum H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum triseriporum (H.Suzuki) A.J.Shaw 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum troendelagicum Flatberg 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum trollii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum tumidulum Besch. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum tundrae Flatberg 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum turgens Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum turgescens Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum typicum Meyl. ex Wijk, Margad. & Florsch. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum uruguayense H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum venustum Flatberg 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum versiporum Warnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum violascens Müll.Hal. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum vitalii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum wheeleri Müll.Hal. 0 below the evidence gate
Sphagnum wilfii H.A.Crum 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.