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Cataract bogs are found only in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of the United States, at elevations of between 1,200 and 2,400 feet (370 and 730 m). They are restricted to the Blue Ridge Escarpment region of South Carolina and a small area of North Carolina , a region with exceptionally high rainfall.
The refuge was established in 2015 to conserve Southern Appalachian Bogs in North Carolina and Tennessee, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to add more sites to the refuge, by working with willing landowners. The reserve protects habitat for multiple threatened and endangered species, migratory birds, and important game species.
Appalachian bogs are boreal ecosystems, which occur in many places in the Appalachians, particularly the Allegheny and Blue Ridge subranges. [19] Though popularly called bogs, many of them are technically fens. [20] Bog species include cranberry and blueberry (Vaccinium spp.), bog rosemary (Andromeda glaucophylla), and buckbean (Menyanthes ...
Bogs of the United States by state ... Appalachian bogs (3 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Bogs of the United States" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of ...
The Appalachian Mountains, [b] ... and Canadian province in the Appalachian Mountains State or Province ... in the northern Appalachians, and in bogs as far south ...
Cataract bogs are found only in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the United States, at elevations of between 1,200 and 2,400 feet (370 and 730 m).They are restricted to the Blue Ridge Escarpment region of South Carolina and a small area of North Carolina, a region with exceptionally high rainfall.
Stillwater Bog - a sphagnum bog in Snoqualmie, Washington. Home to threatened species such as few-flowered sedge, mountain bladderwort, and state-candidate Beller's ground beetle. [2] Tannersville Cranberry Bog - a sphagnum bog in Pennsylvania; Tom S. Cooperrider-Kent Bog State Nature Preserve - A 42-acre (170,000 m 2) bog in Kent, Ohio
The Glades are a 750-acre (3.0 km 2) [1] grouping of peat bogs resembling some Canadian bogs. The gladed land is highly acidic and supports plants commonly found at higher latitudes, including cranberries, sphagnum moss, skunk cabbage, and two carnivorous plants (purple pitcher plant and sundew). The Glades serve as the southernmost home of ...