A Bog’s Life: 37 Bogs to Discover and Explore Throughout New England with Tom Eid
Bounce along boardwalks and preamble through peatlands to enjoy wetland wonders.
Bogs are fascinating natural features in New England, ecosystems rich in flora and fauna. Depending upon where you live and your families’ heritage, a bog may be called a fern, heath, mire, moor, muskeg, peatland, quagmire, pocosin, spong, swamp or even a tourbiere.
Use "A Bog’s Life" book to better understand and appreciate the diversity of our wetland environments and find New England’s outdoors more welcoming and intriguing."A Bog’s Life" provides descriptions for hikes in 37 bogs and ferns throughout Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Bogs and ferns are identified with locations, bog data and local history, plants, hiking trails, and nearby places of interest. Maps of bog and fern locations are included.
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Descriptions of New England’s wetland and peatland ecosystems and habitats
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Bog, fern, and swamp formation and characteristics
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Unique floral communities of bogs and ferns
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Rare ground plants, orchids, shrubs, and trees found in bogs
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Where and how bogs, ferns, and peatlands develop.
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