Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum fimbriatum
Sphagnum fimbriatum
Native Plants · Sphagnum Moss · Bog Moss · Carnivorous Plant Substrate · Terrarium · Moisture Loving · Acidic Soil · Orchid Medium · Bryophyte · Bog Garden · Humidity
Sphagnum fimbriatum, or fringed bogmoss, is a peat-forming moss that requires consistently saturated, acidic, nutrient-poor conditions to thrive — making it ideal for bog gardens, carnivorous plant substrates, or naturalistic pond edges. It should never be allowed to dry out and does best in cool, humid environments with indirect or filtered light. This moss is widely used by hobbyists as a growing medium for orchids, carnivorous plants, and terrariums requiring high humidity.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Maintain standing or near-standing water; substrate should never dry out · Continuously; keep saturated at all times
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
Sources: trefle, usda
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