6. Raised bogs
A waterlogged peat mass, receiving rainwater only, that inclines to grow dome shaped.
Upland bog, Hautes Fagnes. Baraque Michel, 19 June 2006.
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Upland bog, Hautes Fagnes. Baraque Michel, 13 August 2009.
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Valley bog, Baraque Fraiture, Bihain, 19 June 1982.
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Floating bog, Reigersplas, a former peat cutting. Dwingeloo, 3 July 1985.
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Meerstal, pool on the top of the bog.
A remnant of the
historical bog
Boertanger Moor.
Bargerveen, 11 July 2002.
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Shrubs indicating places of disturbed soil in the past by draining works.
Hautes Fagnes, 19 June 2006.
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Remnant of an old plantation, now swamped by the rising water table of
the
growing bog.
Hautes Fagnes, 19 June 2006.
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