What is this wonder plant? In one way, somewhat like reef coral, it can form huge structures, unique habitats up to tens of feet high and covering areas larger than towns. We drained and cleared virtually all raised bogs from our inland plains. Here on the Lancashire Plain, I’ve learnt that this is one habitat that typically cannot come back without our help. But there are strong ecological, carbon and water quality reasons to bring back areas of healthy mosslands. Simple measures can be taken to rewet some bogs. If you want to stop the loss of more mossland in the world, buy nothing that involves peat. For instance, mushrooms, and any potted plants. What have they been grown in?Little Woolden Moss. This was at the final stages of commercial peat excavation and the very beginning of reshaping the remaining thin layer of peat that was to be left and rewetted. In the years since, with the blocking of the miles of drainage ditches, the water table has been rising again. How long before it becomes a truly active bog again? In a thousand years, will this have begun to become a true, raised bog once more?