is it ok to put just peat moss around the trunk of a tree w/o rotting the tree?

is it ok to put just peat moss around the trunk of a tree w/o rotting the tree?
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I would take that all up and use wood chips...........leave room around the trunk for it to breathe.  I would ask someone living there what kind of tree it is and then look up care of it on the computer.  Watering after the sun goes down
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