Sphagnum · Peat moss

Sphagnum is a moss, a bryophyte (division Bryophyta) in the plant kingdom.

KingdomPlantaeGroupMosses

Worth remembering: Used as packing material and fuel (peat).

Classification of Sphagnum

KingdomPlantae
GroupMossesBryophyta
Common namePeat moss
NCERTClass 11 Biology, Chapter 3: Plant Kingdom

Why it's in Mosses

Mosses: Bryophytes with an upright, leafy stage held by branched rhizoids; a creeping protonema stage; spores in a capsule.

Other NCERT examples of Mosses

FunariaMossMosses
PolytrichumMossMosses

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