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|accepted_name=Sphagnum austinii
|accepted_authority=Sullivant
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in C. F. Austin, Musci Appalach.,
|place=2. 1870 (as austini),
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sphagnum cymbifolium subsp. austinii
|authority=(Sullivant) J. Cardot
|rank=subspecies
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|name=Sphagnum cymbifolium var. austinii
|authority=(Sullivant) Warnstorf
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sphagnum imbricatum subsp. austinii
|authority=(Sullivant) Flatberg
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Sphagnaceae;Sphagnum;Sphagnum sect. Sphagnum;Sphagnum austinii
|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. Sphagnum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sphagnum austinii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 48, 55
|treatment_page=page 50
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>moderate-sized to large, usually quite compact; reddish brown and often yellow flecked with red-brown; in dense stands forming large and tall hummocks. <b>Stems</b> brown, superficial cortical cells with spiral reinforcing fibrils clearly visible, usually 2 or more pores per cell, comb-fibrils lacking on interior wall. <b>Stem</b> leaves 1.2–1.6 × 1 mm; rarely hemiisophyllous; hyaline cells nonseptate or more typically mostly septate, comb-lamellae present on interior wall. <b>Branches</b> clavate, tapering to short point, tightly imbricate at proximal end to somewhat spreading at distal end in less compact forms. <b>Branch</b> fascicles with 2 spreading and 1 pendent branch. <b>Branch</b> stems with cortical cell comb-lamellae visible on interior wall, conspicuous funnel-like projection on interior end walls extending to next cell less than one half its length, pores in superficial wall restricted to leaf bases. <b>Branch</b> leaves ovate-elliptical to elliptical, 1.5–2.1 × 0.8–1.4 mm; hyaline cells on convex surface with numerous moderate-sized round pores along the commissures, comb-lamellae present throughout most of leaf; chlorophyllous cells broadly triangular in transverse section and well-enclosed on the convex surface, end wall not thickened. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous. <b>Capsule</b> with scattered pseudostomata. <b>Spores</b> 23–28 µm; coarsely granulate on both surfaces; proximal laesura more than 0.50 spore radius.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules common, mature mid summer.
|habitat=Ombrotrophic mires and large hummocks in blanket mires
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Alaska;Maine;Mass.;N.J.;Vt.;Wash.;Europe.
|discussion=<p><i>Sphagnum austinii</i> is usually easily recognized in the field by its strongly imbricate and clavate branches. It forms very dense and often tall hummocks with a distinct deep golden brown color. In contrast to the view stated by H. A. Crum (1997), this species has an ecology and distribution quite distinct from those of <i>S. affine</i>. <i>Sphagnum affine</i> is a minerotrophic species that does not even occur in the Pacific coast region, where <i>S. austinii</i> is quite prominent.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Sphagnum austinii
|authority=Sullivant
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Sphagnum cymbifolium subsp. austinii;Sphagnum cymbifolium var. austinii;Sphagnum imbricatum subsp. austinii
|basionyms=
|family=Sphagnaceae
|phenology=Capsules common, mature mid summer.
|habitat=Ombrotrophic mires and large hummocks in blanket mires
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Alaska;Maine;Mass.;N.J.;Vt.;Wash.;Europe.
|reference=None
|publication title=in C. F. Austin, Musci Appalach.,
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Sphagnum
|section=Sphagnum sect. Sphagnum
|species=Sphagnum austinii
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