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|accepted_name=Sphagnum torreyanum
|accepted_authority=Sullivant
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s.
|place=4: 174. 1849,
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sphagnum cuspidatum var. torreyi
|authority=Braithwaite
|rank=variety
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|name=Sphagnum cuspidatum var. miquelonense
|authority=(Röll) Renauld & Cardot
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sphagnum kearneyi
|authority=
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sphagnum laxifolium var. miquelonense
|authority=Röll
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Sphagnaceae;Sphagnum;Sphagnum sect. Cuspidata;Sphagnum torreyanum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Sphagnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sphagnum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Sphagnum sect. Cuspidata]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sphagnum torreyanum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 63, 65, 72, 93
|treatment_page=page 77
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>robust and weak-stemmed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="whole_organism fragility;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism growth form">green to golden yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="capitulum shape;capitulum prominence or shape;form location;form location">capitulum ± rounded in emergent forms, flat in submersed forms;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="terminal bud quantity;terminal bud fusion">lacking distinct terminal bud.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stem coloration"><b>Stems </b>green to brown;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="layer quantity;bud architecture;bud size">superficial cortex of 2 layers of thin-walled and enlarged cells.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="leaf-stem shape;leaf-stem distance;apex shape"><b>Stem-</b>leaves triangular, 1–1.7 mm, apex acute to slightly obtuse;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="leaf fixation or orientation">leaves usually appressed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="margin architecture or shape">margins entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="bud coloration;bud texture;bud architecture">hyaline cells fibrillose and usually septate at base and sides.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="branch arrangement;branch length or size;branch shape;leaf length"><b>Branches </b>unranked, long and tapering, leaves greatly elongated at distal end.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="branch arrangement;branch quantity;branch orientation;branch quantity;branch orientation"><b>Branch </b>fascicles with 2 spreading and 2 pendent branches.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="branch stem coloration"><b>Branch </b>stems green;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="cortex size;retort bud prominence">cortex enlarged with conspicuous retort cells.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties=""><b>Branch </b>leaves ovatelanceolate to lanceolate, 3–5.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="">straight but sometimes slightly falcate-secund;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="branch leaf shape;branch leaf some measurement;branch leaf course;branch leaf arrangement;branch leaf shape;branch leaf orientation">weakly undulate and recurved when dry;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="margin architecture or shape">margins entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="bud coloration;surface shape;pore quantity;surface shape;wall-thinning shape">hyaline cells on convex surface with 0–1 pore per cell, on concave surface with round wall-thinnings on the apices and angles;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="surface shape">chlorophyllous cells narrowly triangular in transverse-section and just enclosed on the concave surface.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="bud architecture;bud shape;bud reproduction;bud reproduction"><b>Sexual </b>condition dioicous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="spore some measurement;surface relief;surface relief"><b>Spores </b>26–29 µm; both surfaces distinctly papillose, appearing pusticulate to irregularly pusticulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="proximal laesurum quantity">proximal laesura mostly less than 0.5 spore radius.</span><!--

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|habitat=Forming wet often floating carpets in weakly minerotrophic mires
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon (Miquelon);N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Que.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Vt.;Va.
|discussion=<p>Sporophytes are uncommon in Sphagnum torreyanum. See discussion under 24. S. atlanticum for taxonomic distinctions.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Sphagnum torreyanum
|authority=Sullivant
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Sphagnum cuspidatum var. torreyi;Sphagnum cuspidatum var. miquelonense;Sphagnum kearneyi;Sphagnum laxifolium var. miquelonense
|basionyms=
|family=Sphagnaceae
|habitat=Forming wet often floating carpets in weakly minerotrophic mires
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon (Miquelon);N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Que.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Vt.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V27/V27_62.xml
|genus=Sphagnum
|section=Sphagnum sect. Cuspidata
|species=Sphagnum torreyanum
|apex shape=acute;slightly obtuse
|branch arrangement=fascicles;unranked
|branch leaf arrangement=falcate-secund
|branch leaf course=straight
|branch leaf orientation=recurved
|branch leaf shape=undulate;ovatelanceolate;lanceolate
|branch leaf some measurement=3mm;5.5mm
|branch length or size=long
|branch orientation=pendent;spreading
|branch quantity=2;2
|branch shape=tapering
|branch stem coloration=green
|bud architecture=chlorophyllous;septate;thin-walled
|bud coloration=hyaline;hyaline
|bud reproduction=dioicous;sexual
|bud shape=triangular
|bud size=enlarged
|bud texture=fibrillose
|capitulum prominence or shape=flat
|capitulum shape=rounded
|cortex size=enlarged
|form location=submersed;emergent
|layer quantity=2
|leaf fixation or orientation=appressed
|leaf length=elongated
|leaf-stem distance=1mm;1.7mm
|leaf-stem shape=triangular
|margin architecture or shape=entire;entire
|pore quantity=0;1
|proximal laesurum quantity=0;0.5
|retort bud prominence=conspicuous
|spore some measurement=26um;29um
|stem coloration=green;brown
|surface relief=pusticulate;irregularly pusticulate
|surface shape=concave;concave;convex
|terminal bud fusion=distinct
|terminal bud quantity=lacking
|wall-thinning shape=round
|whole_organism architecture=weak-stemmed
|whole_organism coloration=green;golden yellow
|whole_organism fragility=robust
|whole_organism growth form=plant
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