Bogs

thumb|250px|A bog in Lauhanvuori National Park, [[Isojoki, Finland]] thumb|250px|Peat bog and peat to dry, L'Isle-aux-Coudres#Geography|L'Isle-aux-Coudres, [[Quebec, Canada, 1976]] thumb|Bog in Antwerp Province, Belgium thumb|Bog in the Seliger Lake area, Tver Oblast, Russia thumb|Peat extraction in East Frisia, Germany thumb|Drone video of Kakerdaja bog in Estonia (September 2021) thumb|A raised bog in [[Ķemeri National Park, Jūrmala, Latvia, formed approximately 10,000 years ago in the postglacial period and now a tourist attraction.]] A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as

Sphagnum is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, 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 water, since both living and dead plants can hold large quantities of water inside their cells; plants may hold 16 to 26 times as much water as their dry weight, depending on the species. The empty cells help retain water in drier conditions.

bog exclusively fed by precipitation and poor in mineral salts

form of iron ore

layer of plants that grows out from the shore

thumb|Bog-wood from the Sava River, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bog-wood (also spelled bogwood or bog wood), also known as abonos and, especially amongst pipe smokers, as morta, is a 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 thousands of years. The wood is usually stained brown by tannins dissolved in the acidic water. Bog-wood represents the early stages in the fossilisation of wood, with further stages ultimately forming jet, lignite and coal over a period of many millions of years. Bo

type of waterbody

bog consisting of ridges and islands

Ancient substance found in peat bogs

wet zone on perimeter of peatland or bog

area of peatland

garden with permanently moist soil