Sentence example with the word 'sphagnum'

sphagnum

Definition n. any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat

Last update: August 19, 2015


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Gardeners often dispense with the pot, using sphagnum moss and leaf-mould only when propagating indiarubber plants, perpetual carnations, dracaenas, &c.   [Please select]

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Their nests are built on the ground, being sunk into the sphagnum moss, and made of grasses lined with feathers.   [Please select]

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The nest was merely a concavity in sphagnum moss depressed by the weight of the bird.   [Please select]

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The down-slope side of the nest was protected by 29 mm of sphagnum, old grass stems and other dry plant material.   [Please select]

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--In this county the masked shrew is usually found in sphagnum and tamarack bogs.   [Please select]

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In August the ground was very wet, there being standing water in some places, and the ground was heavily covered with sphagnum.   [Please select]

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