CNKI Chinese network information resource pool,we searched"moss","sphagnum" and"progress" as keywords and collected 76relevant items from 1987 till now. After sorting,inductingand-summing,wefound that the physiology research mainly concentrated on the abiotic factors that affect the change of the sphagnum,little research on the changemechanism. Topics mainly focused on the water ability and the relationship with the global carbon and nitrogen cycle. Chemical inclusions of Sphagnum application remains to be further researched;The ultrastructure of Sphagnum research re-mains to be developed. In addition,wild resource of Sphagnum is under severe threats,and effective protectionmeasures must be taken as soon as possible.