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 ...

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.

Sphagnum moss is a key building block of peat and healthy blanket bog keeps the underlying peat banks safe. Sphagnum traps carbon dioxide and due to its water retention properties it also helps reduce ...

The final phase of moorland restoration work at a West Yorkshire beauty spot has begun. It is hoped the work on Ilkley Moor ...

Ten runners went to post for the listed Paddy Power Cork Grand National at a busy Cork Racecourse, Mallow, but it provided a ...

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 ...

the drainage channels cut for mining peat planted with reed beds. At Westhay Nature Reserve, sphagnum moss and sundews form a carpet on the boggy ground and the wetlands attract rare birds such as ...

Restoration works on Ilkley Moor have entered their final phase, with helicopters positioning large stones to form 'leaky ...