So peat moss is harvested from under the surface of peat bogs, and it is made up of dead, compacted but not decomposed plants. It changes, in color, in consistency etc., but it does not decompose. The same as happens with fossils, isn’t it? If an animal and the body ends up in a place without air, it preserves well. The reason is that the water in the surface of the bog stops the air from getting into the soil below. When the plants dies, in fact, they fall under the water surface.
On the other hand, peat moss is already dead when you harvest it. However, when you buy it, it is dry and therefore dead. It is taken from the surface of peat fields. Sphagnum moss is simply moss harvested from peat fields and then dried up. Sphagnum moss is quite simple to understand. But how do peat moss and sphagnum moss generate on peat bogs? Peat Moss and Sphagnum Moss: The Same Plants at Different Stages On the whole, there are 400 million hectares of peatland in the world, or 3% of the whole surface of land on the planet. The USA has 51 million acres of peat fields, distributed over 42 countries.
Peat bogs (or fields) are common in many temperate, cold and continental areas, and in some tropical areas too.Ĭountries that have lots of peatlands are the USA, Canada, Russia, Mongolia, Norway, Iceland, Ireland, Borneo and Papua New Guinea. In fact, peat fields are also called peat bogs or peatlands. They are not soil plants, but bog plants. Sphagnsida like to grow on the water on top of the peat moss. This means that rainwater does not get into the soil. When you think about a field, in fact, you imagine soil and you imagine that when it rains, the water filters into the soil, right? Well, it’s not like this for peat fields! A peat field has very particular qualities.
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