| Girgensohns peat moss is distinguished by large, yet slender, flat-topped, green plants with stem leaves that look like they were cut with pinking shears. A similar species, fringed bog moss (S. fimbriatum) has stem leaves that are torn all around the edges. Acute-leaved peat moss, Warnstorfs peat moss, and wide-tongued peat moss differ from acute-leaved peat moss in that they all have some red colour. Alaskan native peoples mixed peat moss wi
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