Cranberry Bog in Licking County is the only known cranberry bog in existence, according to ODNR. Unlike Ohio’s other bogs, which contain sphagnum moss surrounding a lake, it is actually a ...

This created ideal conditions for Sphagnum moss, the main peat-forming agent of bogs, to take over and colonise on the bog.

The bog’s keystone species, sphagnum moss, plays a key role in its storage capacity. Sphagnum acts like a sponge — it holds up to 20 times its weight in water.

The bog’s keystone species, sphagnum moss, plays a key role in its storage capacity. Sphagnum acts like a sponge — it holds up to 20 times its weight in water.

Volo Bog is a floating mat of sphagnum moss, cattails and sedges surrounding a small lake created thousands of years ago by a melting glacier and ringed by tamarack trees and other state ...

Mooney Goes Wild contributor Terry Flanagan shares his latest round up of nature news. Often referred to as a super-species, Sphagnum Moss is found in Irish bogs. During both World Wars, tons of ...

The second project is being held on Monday 9th to Wednesday 11th June. In association with Moors for the Future Partnership, BMC volunteers will be planting sphagnum moss in the Goyt Valley area of ...

In association with Moors for the Future Partnership, BMC volunteers will be planting sphagnum moss in the Goyt Valley area of the Peak District, close to Buxton. Sphagnum moss is a key building block ...

Bog Squad was launched by Butterfly Conservation in 2014 with funding from NatureScot's Peatland ACTION programme to restore bogs across the Central Belt. Peat bogs are defined by Sphagnum moss ...

Bog Squad, run by national charity Butterfly Conservation, has been granted £31,000 to keep protecting precious peatlands in the Central Belt between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The ice and lake have long receded, but in its place, is what we see today - a lush “sea” of sphagnum peat moss that is home to flora unique to a bog ecosystem in a stark contrast to the ...