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Noun: genus Sphagnum
  1. A large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water

Type of: moss genus

Part of: order Sphagnales, Sphagnales

Nearest

genus Spartium
genus Spathiphyllum
genus Spergula
genus Spergularia
genus Spermophilus
genus Sphacele
genus Sphacelotheca
genus Sphaeralcea
genus Sphaerocarpos
genus Sphaerocarpus
genus Sphagnum
genus Sphecius
genus Sphecotheres
genus Spheniscus
genus Sphenodon
genus Sphyraena
genus Sphyrapicus
genus Sphyrna
genus Spilogale
genus Spinacia
genus Spinus