Cranberry bogs are wetland environments characterized by thick sphagnum moss, acidic waters, and spongy peat. During the ...

An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium ...

Around 130,000 sphagnum moss plugs have been planted in the first phase of the project which will see 800,000 put into the landscape to create healthier blanket bog, and slow the flow of rainwater ...

A skylark shimmers towards the heavens, its song spiralling out over the bog. Tadpoles wiggle in peaty water underneath the shadows of skittering pond skaters. The wind rushes over sphagnum moss ...

“The characteristics of the ‘gray-layer’ of a sphagnum peat bog has many similarities to the microenvironment within the caseous lesion of an Mtb-infected human lung in that it is nutrient ...

It is called a blanket bog because the peat ... Instead species like sphagnum moss fall below the water line forming the peat in layers which grow at a rate of about 1mm per year.

The BMC are supporting the Partnership’s work to plant sphagnum moss back to where it should be. The Partnership’s expertise lies predominantly with blanket bog restoration and that is why the BMC is ...

Sphagnum moss is a key building block of peat and healthy blanket bog keeps the underlying peat banks safe. Sphagnum traps carbon dioxide and due to its water retention properties it also helps reduce ...

The sphagnum moss will help to create healthier blanket bog, protect the area’s precious peat and slow the flow of rainwater across the landscape. Once the newly planted sphagnum moss plugs have ...

Tuberculosis Research Section scientists collapse in the bog after a long day collecting sphagnum core samples at Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Maine. Front: Clif Barry (Left), Jessica ...