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  2. Sphagnum palustre - Wikipedia

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    Sphagnum palustre (Syn. Sphagnum cymbifolium), the prairie sphagnum [1] or blunt-leaved bogmoss, [2] is a species of peat moss from the genus Sphagnum, in the family Sphagnaceae. Like other mosses of this type it can soak up water up to the 30-fold amount of its own dry weight thanks to its elastic spiral fibers.

  3. Aulacomnium palustre - Wikipedia

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    Ribbed bog moss is also common in jack pine, aspen (Populus spp.), and mixed-hardwood forests of the Great Lakes states and southern Canada. Ribbed bog moss grows on tallgrass prairie in Kansas and Arkansas. In the Pacific Northwest ribbed bog moss occurs in alpine, subalpine, wet and dry coniferous forest, and open peatland communities.

  4. Muskeg - Wikipedia

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    moss bog) is a peat-forming ecosystem found in several northern climates, most commonly in Arctic and boreal areas. Muskeg is approximately synonymous with bog or peatland , and is a standard term in Canada and Alaska.

  5. List of bogs - Wikipedia

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    Red Moss - a wetland bog located in Horwich, Greater Manchester; Rannoch Moor - an expanse of around 50 square miles (130 km 2) of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch in Scotland; Wem Moss - an almost pristine part of the same British moss complex as Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield mosses, but isolated from them by agricultural land

  6. Mouds Bog - Wikipedia

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    The conservation objectives for this site, published in 2015, include restoration of the area of active raised bog to 105.8 hectares, restoration of the habitat area, variability and distribution, and restoration of water levels, bog moss cover, microtopographical features, and central ecotope, active flush, soaks, and bog woodland areas. [11]

  7. California coastal prairie - Wikipedia

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    California coastal prairie, also known as northern coastal grassland, is a grassland plant community of California and Oregon in the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome. This ecosystem is found along the Pacific Coast, from as far south as Los Angeles in Southern California to southern Oregon. It typically stretches as far ...

  8. Sphagnum contortum - Wikipedia

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    Like in California, it occurs in the north-western parts of the state even in the Klamath Mountains. [7] NatureServe lists it as critically imperiled in States like Washington, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and Montana [ 2 ] (it only occurs in Flathead County ).

  9. Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest - Wikipedia

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    The California Department of Forestry (CDF) uses Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest to experiment with forest management techniques, which include firefighting and logging. [1] The forest management program has aimed for a managed all-age forest, and has included studies of disease control, fertilization and reforestation. [ 9 ]