Sphagnum fuscum and Sphagnum beothuk in Britain and Ireland

Two segregate species of bog-moss, Sphagnum fuscum and S. beothuk, were distinguished in a paper by Kyrkjeeide et al. (2015). To find out where they occur, I examined 262 specimens, mainly in British national herbaria. S. fuscum proved to be predominantly montane, with a mean altitude 510 m, but wit...

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Main Author: Hill, Mark
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: British Bryological Society 2017
Subjects:
Ecology and Environment
Botany
Beothuk
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517119/
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spelling ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:517119 2023-05-15T15:42:05+02:00 Sphagnum fuscum and Sphagnum beothuk in Britain and Ireland Hill, Mark 2017-05 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517119/ unknown British Bryological Society Hill, Mark. 2017 Sphagnum fuscum and Sphagnum beothuk in Britain and Ireland. Field Bryology, 117. 24-30. Ecology and Environment Botany Publication - Article NonPeerReviewed 2017 ftnerc 2023-02-04T19:44:58Z Two segregate species of bog-moss, Sphagnum fuscum and S. beothuk, were distinguished in a paper by Kyrkjeeide et al. (2015). To find out where they occur, I examined 262 specimens, mainly in British national herbaria. S. fuscum proved to be predominantly montane, with a mean altitude 510 m, but with two isolated occurrences in central Ireland and one on southern England. S. beothuk was much the commonest species in Ireland, and occurred in Britain mainly along the western seaboard and in the Flow Country of north-east Scotland. The mean altitude of specimens was 140 m. Article in Journal/Newspaper Beothuk Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive
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topic Ecology and Environment
Botany
spellingShingle Ecology and Environment
Botany
Hill, Mark
Sphagnum fuscum and Sphagnum beothuk in Britain and Ireland
topic_facet Ecology and Environment
Botany
description Two segregate species of bog-moss, Sphagnum fuscum and S. beothuk, were distinguished in a paper by Kyrkjeeide et al. (2015). To find out where they occur, I examined 262 specimens, mainly in British national herbaria. S. fuscum proved to be predominantly montane, with a mean altitude 510 m, but with two isolated occurrences in central Ireland and one on southern England. S. beothuk was much the commonest species in Ireland, and occurred in Britain mainly along the western seaboard and in the Flow Country of north-east Scotland. The mean altitude of specimens was 140 m.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Hill, Mark
author_facet Hill, Mark
author_sort Hill, Mark
title Sphagnum fuscum and Sphagnum beothuk in Britain and Ireland
title_short Sphagnum fuscum and Sphagnum beothuk in Britain and Ireland
title_full Sphagnum fuscum and Sphagnum beothuk in Britain and Ireland
title_fullStr Sphagnum fuscum and Sphagnum beothuk in Britain and Ireland
title_full_unstemmed Sphagnum fuscum and Sphagnum beothuk in Britain and Ireland
title_sort sphagnum fuscum and sphagnum beothuk in britain and ireland
publisher British Bryological Society
publishDate 2017
url http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517119/
genre Beothuk
genre_facet Beothuk
op_relation Hill, Mark. 2017 Sphagnum fuscum and Sphagnum beothuk in Britain and Ireland. Field Bryology, 117. 24-30.
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