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Bog
... Bog Bog Weird Wetland Cool, still air, water the color of dried blood, and ground that trembles beneath your feet make the bog seem an eerie place. Sphagnum moss grows out from the edge of the bog in tangled mats strong ... The spongy sphagnum moss soaks up warmth, oxygen, and rain water and keeps them from reaching the bog below. Sphagnum is so ...
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The Curious Bog
... qualities by using dry sphagnum for diapers. During World War I, sphagnum was used as surgical dressings in battlefield hospitals. Because of the acidic, sterile environment of the bog, only about two dozen ... there are other plants in the bog that are hazardous to larger animals, especially humans. Occasionally, a bog explorer plunges through a thin spot in the sphagnum mat and emerges the color of ...
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