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Fall in the Bog
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July 23, 2009
Fall in the Bog
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A thick, floating mass of sphagnum moss, oxygen-poor water, and plants adapted to very low nutrient conditions characterize quaking bogs. The Philbrick-Criscenti Quaking Bog, one of the best examples of these unique peatlands, offers a chance to explore a trail about a mile in length, while staying high and dry atop a boardwalk. A host of bog plants are to be discovered as we transition from a red maple-sphagnum swamp, through a black spruce-larch swamp, to the Tundra Garden Loop where we find vegetation similar to that in more northern areas where boreal forest meets the open Arctic tundra. Bring a bag lunch, water, and a hand lens if you have one.