Sphagnum centrale

{{Short description|Species of moss}}

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| image = Sphagnum centrale (b, 145655-482731) 0120.JPG

| genus = Sphagnum

| species = centrale

| authority = C.E.O.Jensen

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Sphagnum centrale is a species of moss belonging to the family Sphagnaceae.{{cite web |title=Sphagnum centrale C.E.O. Jensen |url=http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001185614 |website=www.worldfloraonline.org |access-date=1 February 2021}}

It has cosmopolitan distribution.{{cite web |title=Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen, 1896 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2669004 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en}} It is often found in cedar swamps and similar environs. It has a pale green color common to all the Sphagnum subgenus mosses but, unlike other common members of the subgenus like Sphagnum magellanicum, it will never be red and rarely brown.{{Cite book |last=Pope |first=Pope |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1034640420 |title=Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts : A Field Guide to Common Bryophytes of the Northeast |date= |publisher=Comstock Publishing Associates a division of Cornell University Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-5017-0078-1 |pages=59-60 |oclc=1034640420}}