Sphagnum teres is a common species of bryophyte; what are its main characteristics?

Sphagnum teres, a type of moss, grows mainly in wet grasslands and tussock swamps. Its place of origin is Xinjiang, and it is also distributed in Northeast China. This plant is generally rather slender in form.

Sphagnum teres usually has a grayish-white color with a purplish-red tinge. It is also found in depressions beneath dripping rock walls and among grass clumps. The branches and leaves are arranged in a dense imbricate pattern, narrowly elongated and strip-shaped. The dorsal surface is either covered by colorless cells or bare. The dorsal surface has many small thin-edged pores, distributed irregularly. The moss tufts are rather tall, loosely growing, yellow-green, bright green or rusty green, sometimes dark yellowish-brown.