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Kōrero: Wetlands

Sphagnum moss bog

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Sphagnum moss bog

Sphagnum moss is an important peat-forming plant of cold, infertile bogs. Leafy, growing cushions form above its dead remains, which turn to peat.

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by Peter Johnson

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Peter Johnson, Wetlands – Reeds, rushes, sedges and low growers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14349/sphagnum-moss-bog (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Johnson, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.