Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations
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Where it actually grows measured, from 79 observations
| Condition | 5th percentile | Median | 95th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldest month, mean daily low | -2.8 °C | 7.0 °C | 10.1 °C |
| Warmest month, mean daily high | 28.9 °C | 31.3 °C | 33.1 °C |
| Annual rainfall | 1,200 mm | 1,706 mm | 1,872 mm |
| Rainfall in the driest quarter | 258 mm | 343 mm | 371 mm |
It is found where winters bring light frost. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 79 research-grade observations of Sphagnum cyclophyllum that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.
This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.
Also published as 9 synonyms
A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.
- Sphagnum caldense Müll.Hal.
- Sphagnum caldense var. normale Hampe
- Sphagnum caldense var. scorpioides Hampe
- Sphagnum cymbifolium var. turgidum Wilson & Hook.
- Sphagnum laricinum var. cyclophyllum (Sull. & Lesq.) Lindb.
- Sphagnum microcarpum var. humile Warnst. ex H.A.Crum
- Sphagnum rigidum var. cyclophyllum (Sull. & Lesq.) Husn.
- Sphagnum scorpioides (Hampe) H.A.Crum
- Sphagnum subsecundum var. cyclophyllum (Sull. & Lesq.) Dixon
Sourcesevery claim on this page
- World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
- Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.