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During the El Niño-event in 1997–1998 more than 24,400 km 2 [2] of peatland was lost to fires in Indonesia alone from which 10,000 km 2 was burnt in Kalimantan and Sumatra. The output of CO 2 was estimated to 0.81–2.57 Gt, equal to 13–40% of that year's global output from fossil fuel burning.
However, many classification systems include four broad categories that most wetlands fall into: marsh, swamp, bog, and fen. [1] While classification systems differ on the exact criteria that define a fen, there are common characteristics that describe fens generally and imprecisely.
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 .
The word palustrine comes from the Latin word palus or marsh. [2] Wetlands within this category include inland marshes and swamps as well as bogs , fens , pocosins , tundra and floodplains . According to the Cowardin classification system , palustrine wetlands can also be considered the area on the side of a river or a lake, as long as they are ...
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]
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 heaviest python found in the state was a 215-pounder captured in 2022, officials say. 200-pound python proves Florida wilderness is an all-you-can-eat buffet, experts say
Bog-wood represents the early stages in the fossilisation of wood, with further stages ultimately forming lignite and coal over a period of many millions of years. Bog-wood may come from any tree species naturally growing near or in bogs, including oak (Quercus – "bog oak"), pine , yew (Taxus), swamp cypress and kauri .