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Joseph Pines Preserve - a longleaf pine and pitcher plant/sphagnum bog nature preserve in southern Virginia ; Magnolia bog - a rare form of wetland ecosystem found primarily in the Washington metropolitan area; Massawepie Mire - the largest peatland in New York; McLean Bogs - two small kettle bogs located in Dryden, New York; one acidic and one ...
Narthecium ossifragum, commonly known as bog asphodel, [1] Lancashire asphodel or bastard asphodel, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Nartheciaceae. It is native to Western Europe, found on wet, boggy moorlands up to about 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in elevation. It produces spikes of bright yellow flowers in summer.
The genus Parnassia, also known as grass of Parnassus or bog-stars, are flowering plants now placed in the family Celastraceae, [3] [4] formerly classified in Parnassiaceae or Saxifragaceae. The plants occur in arctic and alpine habitats, as well as in dune systems and fens , swamps, wet meadows , open seepage areas, moist woods, and across the ...
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 . Other names for bogs include mire , mosses, quagmire, and muskeg ; alkaline mires are called fens .
Andromeda polifolia, common name bog-rosemary, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae, native to northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only member of the genus Andromeda , and is only found in bogs in cold peat -accumulating areas.
While a cataract bog is host to plants typical of a bog, it is technically a fen, not a bog. Bogs get water from the atmosphere, while fens get their water from groundwater seepage. [11] Cataract bogs inhabit a narrow, linear zone next to the stream, and are partly shaded by trees and shrubs in the adjacent plant communities. [12]
It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant growing in bogs and ponds. The leaves are rounded to heart-shaped, 6–12 cm ( 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) long on a 10–20 cm (4–8 in) petiole , and 4–12 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) broad.
Kalmia polifolia, previously known as Kalmia glauca [1] and commonly called bog laurel, swamp laurel, [2] or pale laurel, is a perennial [3] evergreen shrub of cold acidic bogs, in the family Ericaceae. It is native to north-eastern North America, from Newfoundland to Hudson Bay southwards.