One go-to option is a type of moss called sphagnum moss, an entire genus encompassing up to 300 species to date. It's found in temperate regions worldwide and is typically wild-harvested from bogs.

If you’re looking for soil amendments, you may see peat moss and sphagnum moss used almost synonymously. However, these are two distinct substances. Sphagnum moss is a living plant. There are 120 ...

Espoma blends mycorrhiza with sphagnum peat moss to aerate soil and attract worms, humus that attracts helpful beetles, limestone that increases soil pH, and lobster and crab meals made from ...

Plants like sphagnum moss and others have adapted so that they can grow in these difficult wet conditions. When they die, they break down and form a layer of peat in the water. The peat holds even ...

We recently traveled to Wayne County to have lunch with our son who lives there. After lunch, I asked if there was anything interesting in the area we might see. He suggested Brown’s Bog knowing that ...

To calculate the amount of carbon stored inside peatlands, researchers developed a unified theory of “bog physics” applicable ...

Sphagnum moss is one of the most important plants in peatland ecosystems, absorbing huge amounts of water and preventing the decay of organic matter, helping peat to form and locking away carbon.

Sphagnum moss "speed bumps" are being planted across ... will also help create conditions for peat to form, allowing the site to better lock up carbon. It will provide sufficiently wet conditions ...

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 ...

“This includes sphagnum moss which plays a part in forming peat soils, insect-eating plants like sundew, and raft spiders, which sense their prey by feeling for vibrations in the water surface.