page_title: Sphagnum palustre
section_title: Uses
hierarchical_section_title: Sphagnum palustre / Uses
caption_attribution_description: English: The peat moss Sphagnum palustre is cultivated in bioreactors. Deutsch: Das Torfmoos Sphagnum palustre wird in einem Bioreaktor kultiviert.
context_page_description: Sphagnum palustre, the prairie sphagnum or blunt-leaved bogmoss, is a species of peat moss from the genus Sphagnum, in the family Sphagnaceae. Like other mosses of this type it can soak up water up to the 30-fold amount of its own dry weight thanks to its elastic spiral fibers. S. palustre is rather frequent and is spread almost all over the world. It mainly grows in wet forests and—compared to other specimens of this genus—rarely grows in moors.
context_section_description: In a project called Mossclone which is part of the 7th framework program of the European Union the peat moss Sphagnum palustre will be multiplied in moss bioreactors to create a measuring tool to track air quality in Europe.
caption: The plants of the peat moss Sphagnum palustre multiplied in this bioreactor of the Mossclone project are deriving from a single spore.
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