Table 1.
Summary of the 14 Sphagnum species studied, their sections (subgenera), main habitats in (east-)central Sweden, average capsule, spore diameters and inclusion in tests (number of samples)
| Test (number of samples) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species and section* | Habitat† | Capsule diameter‡ (mm) | Spore diameter§ (μm) | Spore cloud | Spores per particle | Settling speed |
| Sect. Sphagnum | ||||||
| S. centrale | S | 2·33 | 27·6 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| S. papillosum | P | 2·19 | 33·8 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Sect. Rigida | ||||||
| S. compactum | P | 1·59 | 31·6 | 2 | ||
| S. strictum | P | 1·60 | 31·2 | 1 | ||
| Sect. Subsecunda | ||||||
| S. contortum | R | 1·60 | 29·1 | 1 | ||
| Sect. Cuspidata | ||||||
| S. cuspidatum | B | 1·68 | 36·9 | 2 | 2 | |
| S. fallax | P | 1·61 | 27·1 | 2 | 1 | |
| S. lindbergii | B | 2·04 | 32·5 | 4 | 2 | |
| S. tenellum | B | 1·18 | 35·7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Sect. Acutifolia | ||||||
| S. fimbriatum | S | 1·85 | 27·0 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| S. subnitens | R | 1·66 | 28·4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| S. warnstorfii | R | 1·59 | 23·1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Sect. Squarrosa | ||||||
| S. squarrosum | S | 2·16 | 25·8 | 3 | 1 | |
| S. teres | R | 1·70 | 23·4 | 1 | 2 | |
† All habitats are largely open except for the swamp forests: B, bog; P, poor fen; R, rich fen; S, swamp forest.
* From Flatberg (2002); † Rydin et al. (1999) and Sundberg et al. (2006); ‡§ Sundberg and Rydin (1998), Sundberg (2000) and this study.