Definitions for "SPHAGNUM MOSS"
Keywords:  moss, bog, peat, baskets, moist
Various mosses native to bogs are sphagnum. Often used for the lining of hanging baskets and for air layering. (See Air Layering)
A bog moss which is collected and composted. Most peat moss is composed primarily of sphagnum moss. This moss is also packaged and sold in a fresh state, and used for lining hanging baskets and air layering.
any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat