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

Peat moss can hold more than 25 times its dry weight in water, which is much more than natural sponges do. Peat mosses are important for water management in northern regions.

Peat moss can hold more than 25 times its dry weight in water, which is much more than natural sponges do. Peat mosses are important for water management in northern regions.

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.

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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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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 ...

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.

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 ...

Finding human remains in the bog didn't come as a complete surprise – for centuries there had been accounts of body parts turning up in bogs similar to Lindow Moss across Northern Europe. Peat ...