%0 Journal Article
%T Concepts of fen and bog re-examined in relation to bryophyte cover and the acidity of surface waters
%A Eville Gorham
%A Jan A. Janssens
%J Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae
%D 1992
%I Polish Botanical Society
%R 10.5586/asbp.1992.001
%X Studies of surface-water pH and bryophyte assemblages in 440 plots from five peatland regions across northern North America reveal a very distinct, two-fold division into fens with a pH mode at 6.76-7.00, in which Amblystegiaceae are prominent, and bogs with a pH mode at 4.01-4.25, in which Sphagnaceae are dominant. The relevance of the data to past and current views on peatland classification is explored.
%K peatland
%K classification
%K fen
%K bog
%K water acidity
%K bryophyte
%U http://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/1154