beautiful peat moss vs Eastern Mole

Sphagnum pulchrum compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	beautiful peat moss	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Bryophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Sphagnopsida (Sphagnopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sphagnales (Sphagnales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Sphagnaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Sphagnum	Scalopus
Species	Sphagnum pulchrum	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

beautiful peat moss

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	beautiful peat moss	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

beautiful peat moss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

beautiful peat moss

The Beautiful peat moss (Sphagnum pulchrum) is a species in the genus Sphagnum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.