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bog has been forming for a shorter period of time (often 5-6,000 years) and also because the sloping nature of much ground prevents effective water-logging and results in greater nutrient through-flow.
Nov 1, 1996 · Geography was a powerful predictor of the species' positions in a 2-dimensional space defined by the axes of range size and average within-range abundance.
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Thick, spongy layers of histosol eventually form peat. Peat is a fossil fuel that is the first stage in the long process of plant material turning into coal. Ancient bog plants, mostly sphagnum moss, are the fossils in peat. People have harvested peat for thousands of years. It is a source of energy for heating, insulation, and electricity througho...
Bogs are ecologically important because they absorb great amounts of precipitation. They prevent flooding and absorb runoff. Sphagnum moss, reeds, sedges, and heather are common bog plants. Bogs that receive all their water from precipitation (not lakes, glaciers or groundwater) are ombrotrophic. Ombrotrophic bogs have very few nutrients, making it...
For thousands of years, people have regarded bogs as spiritual or haunted places. Their spongy and sometimes slow-burning soil created mysteries for Bronze Age and Iron Age societies. Perhaps the most lasting testament to ancient reverence for bogs are bog bodies. Bog bodies are the remains of people who died in bogs or were placed there after thei...
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.
Jan 1, 2021 · The term bog is used to describe certain forms of wet terrestrial vegetation. Unfortunately, in common with the words employed for many other categories of wetland, there are variations and inconsistencies in usage, regionally (particularly within Europe) as well as globally.
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