Explore: Peat Bog Ecology

A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials – often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four

commonly known as sphagnum moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of Sphagnum can store

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs

Askham Bog is small area of peat bog and Site of Special Scientific Interest situated within the Vale of York in North Yorkshire, England. It lies to

of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetland along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs

as blanket bogs. In some areas of Europe, the spread of blanket bogs is traced to deforestation by prehistoric cultures. In many areas, peat is used as

material from trees that have been buried in peat bogs and preserved from decay by the acidic and anaerobic bog conditions, sometimes for hundreds or even

Burns Bog is an ombrotrophic peat bog located in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest raised peat bog and the largest undeveloped urban

called quaking bog (quivering bog). Minerotrophic types can be named with the term quagfen. Some swamps can also be peatlands (e.g. peat swamp forest)

from streams or springs.[clarification needed] The peat thickness is greater than 1m. String bogs are features associated with periglacial climates, where