- Bog - Wikipedia
A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials – often mosses, typically sphagnum moss [1] It is one of the four main types of wetlands
- BOG Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of BOG is wet spongy ground; especially : a poorly drained usually acid area rich in accumulated plant material, frequently surrounding a body of open water, and having a characteristic flora (as of sedges, heaths, and sphagnum) How to use bog in a sentence
- Bog | Definition, Types, Ecology, Plants, Formation, Structure, Facts . . .
Bog, type of wetland ecosystem characterized by wet, spongy, poorly drained peat-rich soil Typical bogs are highly acidic and only occur in areas where the water is very low in minerals They cover vast areas in the tundra and boreal forest regions of Canada, northern Europe, and Russia
- Bogs - National Natural Landmarks (U. S. National Park Service)
Characterized by wet, spongy and poorly drained, peaty soil, a bog can take hundreds to thousands of years to develop When a lake or pond slowly fills with debris, sphagnum moss and other plants grow out from the water’s edge; eventually covering the entire surface
- Bog
A bog is a freshwater wetland of soft, spongy ground consisting mainly of partially decayed plant matter called peat Bogs are generally found in cool, northern climates
- List of bogs - Wikipedia
Luhasoo bog in Estonia The mire has tussocks of heather, and is being colonised by pine trees This is a list of bogs, wetland mires that accumulate peat from dead plant material, usually sphagnum moss [1] Bogs are sometimes called quagmires (technically all bogs are quagmires while not all quagmires are necessarily bogs) and the soil which composes them is sometimes referred to as muskeg
- Worker, 71, killed by heavy machinery at Bourne cranberry bog
A worker died Friday in an incident involving heavy machinery at a cranberry bog in Bourne, Massachusetts Bourne police responded at about 8:30 a m to a report of a man pinned under equipment at
- What is a bog? | friendsofvolobog
Sphagnum moss is the building blocks of bogs The various species of sphagnum are super absorbent and acid producing
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