Peat mould, peat moss litter, sphagnum moss, turf for burning, dry moor peat?
"Lessons on Soil"
E. J. Russell
Further, it is seen from analyses 1 and 5, that in the first stages of the conversion of sphagnum into peat-which are marked by a change of color, but in which the form of the sphagnum is to a considerable extent preserved-but little alteration occurs in ultimate composition; about one per cent.
"Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel"
Samuel William Johnson
The two men "hopped" the broad expanse of Patch Dam heath, springing from tussock to tussock of the sphagnum moss.
"King Spruce, A Novel"
Holman Day