| Anderson L.E. Peat mosses of the Southeastern United States / Anderson L.E., Shaw A.J., Shaw B. - Bronx: New York Botanical Garden Press, 2009. - 110 p.: ill., maps. - (New York Botanical Garden; Vol.102). - Incl. bibl. ref. and index. - ISBN-10 0-89327-505-0; ISBN-13 978-0-89327-505-1; ISSN 0077-8931
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Foreword ..................................................... viii
Preface ........................................................ xi
Acknowledgments ............................................... xii
Introduction .................................................... 1
Physiography .................................................... 3
Natural Plant Communities ....................................... 4
Life History .................................................... 7
Morphology ...................................................... 8
Collecting and Preparing Specimens ............................. 17
Identification ................................................. 18
Morphological Variability ...................................... 19
Systematic Treatment ........................................... 20
Key to Sections of Sphagnum ................................. 20
Section I. Sphagnum ............................................ 21
Key to the Species of Section Sphagnum .......................22
Section II. Acutifolia ......................................... 36
Key to the Species of Section Acutifolia .................... 36
Section III. Squarrosa ......................................... 60
Section IV. Rigida ............................................. 62
Key to the Species of Section Rigida ........................ 62
Section V Cuspidata ............................................ 66
Key to the Species of Section Cuspidata ..................... 66
Section VI. Subsecunda ......................................... 83
Key to the Species of Section Subsecunda .................... 83
Section VII. Isocladus ......................................... 98
Key to the Species of Section Isocladus ..................... 98
Glossary of Sphagnum-Related Terms ............................ 105
Literature Cited .............................................. 107
Index ......................................................... 109
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