Among these varied soils lies one particularly intriguing type: peat soil. Also known as peat moss, bog peat, or simply peat, ...

Peat is a nonrenewable resource because it is being consumed much faster than it can be produced; a bog regrows at a rate of ...

The grassy openings and edges of these forests, especially where sedges, ferns, and shrubs grow, and where the soil is loose and crumbly, are habitats the bog lemming prefers. It also inhabits wetter ...

By the 2080s, climate change will mean most of Britain’s peatlands could be too dry to form new peat. That’s the stark ...

trees and perennials that thrive in wet soil. Trees and shrubs that do well in moist conditions include salix, cornus, betula, sambucus, liquidambar, ash and amelanchier. Create a bog garden ...