A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass
(SMP) A wet, spongy, poorly drained area which is usually rich in very specialized plants, contains a high percentage of organic remnants and residues and frequently is associated with a spring, seepage area, or other subsurface water source A bog sometimes represents the final stage of the natural processes of eutrophication by which lakes and other bodies of water are very slowly transformed into land areas
To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire
- A peatland MIRE that receives water only from precipitation (rain, snow, fog, etc ) and is as a result NUTRIENT-poor
A wetland that is perched above the watertable and has no direct hydraulic connection to it, bogs accumulate peat and the vegetation is dominated by sphagnum moss
get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"
A habitat that consists of waterlogged spongy ground Common vegetation are sedges and sphagnum moss Bogs are common in Canada, Russia, and Scandinavia
A type of wetland that accumulates appreciable peat deposits Bogs depend primarily on precipitation for their water source, and are usually acidic and rich in plant residue with a conspicuous mat of living green moss
A type of wetland with acidic water and soil composed of peat (mostly sphagnum moss)
Wetland consisting of saturated organic material, such as peat and muck, and plants that tolerate acidic soils, such as sedges and bog laurel
Also known as "muskeg", bogs consist of a thick ground cover layer of sphagnum moss, and may also be covered in a black spruce or larch forest Open water is rare, but the water table is very close to the surface Bogs are acidic and very low in nutrients