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| | peat moss -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
 | | also called bog moss, or sphagnum moss any of more than 160 species of plants of the subclass Sphagnidae, of the order Sphagnales, comprising the family Sphagnaceae, which contains one genus, Sphagnum. |
 | | The pale green to deep red plants, up to 30 cm (about 12 inches) tall, form dense clumps around ponds, in swamps and bogs, on moist, acid cliffs, and on lakeshores from tropical to subpolar regions. |
 | | any of more than 160 species of plants of the subclass Sphagnidae, of the order Sphagnales, comprising the family Sphagnaceae, which contains one genus, Sphagnum. |
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