Sphagnum moss prefers growing in moist tundra-type areas, and most of what gets used for gardening in the United States comes ...

There are 380 species of spaghnum moss (Spaghnum spp.), many of them prevalent in the Northern Hemisphere. Like peat moss, sphagnum moss is harvested for the horticultural trade.

And this is in the family Sphagnaceae, and this is otherwise known as peat moss. Sphagnum is very, very, very important for climate change. Northern peatlands hold the equivalent of 40% of the ...

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“Sphagnum moss itself is incredible,” Colwell noted. “It’s very slow growing.” It grows so slowly, in fact, that it can take thousands and thousands of years for a peat bog to develop.

Peat moss is naturally slightly acidic and can be used to balance the pH. “Most plants like pH to be about 6.0, and peat tends to be around there, making it ideal,” Satch says.

Peat, the ingredient that makes bagged soil light and spongy, comes from wetlands. Often labeled as sphagnum moss or peat moss, it became popular in the 1950s because of its versatility. It can ...

Hundreds of thousands of sphagnum moss “speed bumps” are being planted to restore peatland and slow the flow of water on Kinder Scout, the National Trust has said. The charity is restoring 526 ...

Peat moss, dug from bogs, has been the holy grail of soil amendments and potting mixes. Unfortunately, its days might be numbered. On the upside, there’s a good replacement.