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Sphagnum also have special water-retaining cells, known as hyaline cells, which can release water ensuring the bogland remains constantly wet which helps promote peat production. [ citation needed ] Most modern peat bogs formed 12,000 years ago in high latitudes after the glaciers retreated at the end of the last ice age . [ 20 ]
Peatlands have unusual chemistry that influences, among other things, their biota and water outflow. Peat has very high cation-exchange capacity due to its high organic matter content: cations such as Ca 2+ are preferentially adsorbed onto the peat in exchange for H + ions. Water passing through peat declines in nutrients and pH.
Tropical peat is a type of histosol that is found in tropical latitudes, including South East Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. [2] Tropical peat mostly consists of dead organic matter from trees instead of spaghnum which are commonly found in temperate peat. [ 3 ]
[13] [14] However, there are characteristics common to all bogs that provide a broad definition: [7] Peat is present, usually thicker than 30 centimetres (12 in). The wetland receives most of its water and nutrients from precipitation (ombrotrophic) rather than surface or groundwater (minerotrophic). The wetland is nutrient-poor (oligotrophic).
To do so, slowly water the top of the soil with a watering can or by placing it under the sink and allowing the water to settle into the soil, says Adrienne Roethling, plant expert and former ...
A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. [1] [2] It is one of the main types of wetland along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires. [2] The unique water chemistry of fens is a result of the ground or surface water input.
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Lindow Moss - an ancient peat bog west of Wilmslow, Cheshire. Bog body of Lindow Man was discovered there in 1983; Matley Bog - an ancient woodland bog in the New Forest, Hampshire, England; Max Bog - a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of the village of Winscombe, North Somerset, in England