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.

Scientists and students gather each summer at the remote Shingle Shanty Preserve and Research Station to study birds, bogs ...

Have you ever wondered what those white pellets were in your potting soil? Well, it's more important than you may know.

Big Bog State Recreation Area looks like a moss-covered fantasyland with vibrant wildflowers, rare birds, even carnivorous plants. For the Minnesota Star Tribune July 24, 2014 at 7:53PM ...

A small lake still persists at the bog’s center, and it is ringed by a mat of buoyant sphagnum moss. Specialized plants flourish on the cold wet mossy substrate, including two carnivorous types ...

Sphagnum moss is the key ingredient of a bog. This group of mosses has tremendous water-holding capacity, potentially retaining 25 times its dry weight in water.

Cranberry bogs are wetland environments characterized by thick sphagnum moss, acidic waters, and spongy peat. During the growing season, the bog remains dry; it is only during harvest time that ...

To Randy Whalen and environmental consultants who’ve seen the property, Hooven Bog and wetlands are a rare wonderland of unique plants and lofty trees and likely the last remaining sphagnum-moss ...