Yes, if dried. I looked it up on Google (it's a nasty word to spell!)
and found this page:
http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Survival/Pages/tinder.html
"Dried sphagnum moss is another excellent tinder. However, dried
moss tends not to be readily accessible because the areas in which
moss grows are usually swampy and wet. Although dried moss
catches easily, it does not burn very long or produce as much heat
as more readily accessible substitutes."
via this one:
http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Survival/Pages/sphagnummoss.html
from the
sphagnum moss tinder Google search:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=sphagnum+moss+tinder&meta=
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Is Aboriginal Britain the one where RM and Chris Boyton recreate the
Ashcott Heath (? spelling?) bow -
really enjoyed that.
Apart from having learned lots
about bushcraft from Ray's programmes,
learning that such a 'field' existed and overlapped with lots of other things
I was already interested in has also been an enjoyable discovery.
I used to work for the charity "Scienceline" [we answered any science
question from anyone] and, looking back, quite a few of the questions
were about the development of technology and how 'we used to do things'
- lots about navigation, early use of tools.
My new year's resolution, by the way, is to write shorter posts