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Sphagnum moss bog

Sphagnum moss bog

Sphagnum moss bog

Sphagnum moss is an important peat-forming plant of cold, infertile bogs. Leafy, growing cushions form above its dead remains, which turn to peat.

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Photograph by Peter Johnson

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