Muskeg is a soil type (also a peatland or wetland type called a bog) common in arctic and boreal areas. Muskeg itself consists of dead plants in various states of decomposition (i.e., peat), ranging from fairly intact sphagnum moss, to sedge peat, to highly decomposed muck. Pieces of wood such as buried tree branches can make up 5 to 15 percent of the peat soil. Muskeg tends to have a water table very near the surface. As well, the sphagnum moss forming it can hold 15 to 30 times its own weight in water, allowing the spongy wet muskeg to form even on sloping ground. Soil is material capable of supporting plant life. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... Bog detail Lütt-Witt Moor, a bog in Henstedt-Ulzburg, northern Germany. ... The red line indicates the 10°C isotherm in July, commonly used to define the Arctic region border The Arctic is the area around the Earths North Pole. ... Boreal may refer to these: Northern from the eponymous Boreas, god of the North Wind in Greek mythology. ... This article is in need of attention; please see the talk page. ... Peat in Lewis, Scotland Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetable matter. ... Subclasses Sphagnidae Andreaeidae Tetraphidae Polytrichidae Archidiidae Buxbaumiidae Bryidae Moss gametophyte generation plants with a single sporophyte. ... A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood derives from woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. ... Soil is material capable of supporting plant life. ... The water table is the upper limit of abundant groundwater. ... Species See text Sphagnum is a genus of mosses commonly called peat moss due to its prevalence in peat bogs. ...

Poplar growing on muskeg

Muskeg is wet, acidic and relatively infertile, preventing large trees from growing, though stunted pines may be found. Image File history File links Poplar_muskeg. ... Image File history File links Poplar_muskeg. ... This article is about woody plants of the genus Populus. ...

Muskegs need two conditions to develop: abundant rain and cool summers. A dead plant that falls on dry soil is attacked by bacteria and fungi and quickly rots. If that plant lands in water or on saturated soil, though, it faces a different fate. Air can't get to it, so the bacteria and fungi can't function well. The cool temperatures slow them down even more. All this slows decomposition, and the plant debris accumulates to form peat and, eventually, a muskeg. Depending on the underlying topology of the land, muskeg can reach depths of 30 m (100 feet) or more. Subgroups Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... Divisions Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota The Fungi (singular: fungus) are a large group of organisms ranked as a kingdom within the Domain Eukaryota. ... Subgroups Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... Divisions Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota The Fungi (singular: fungus) are a large group of organisms ranked as a kingdom within the Domain Eukaryota. ... Topology (Greek topos, place and logos, study) is a branch of mathematics concerned with spatial properties preserved under bicontinuous deformation (stretching without tearing or gluing); these are the topological invariants. ...

Muskeg can be a significant impediment to transportation. During the 1870s muskeg in Northern Ontario was reported to have swallowed a railroad engine whole when a track was laid on muskeg instead of clearing down to bedrock. Many other instances have been reported of heavy construction equipment vanishing into muskegin the spring as the frozen muskeg it was parked on during winter thawed. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status, and is an official language of Canada, but is not fully co-official at the provincial level) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... An engine is something that produces some effect from a given input. ... Bedrock is the native consolidated rock underlying the Earths surface. ... Look up spring in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Winter is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. ...

Superficially, muskeg resembles a grassy plain covered with short grasses, with strands of trees growing where land protrudes above the water table. In geography, a plain is a large area of land with relatively low relief. ... The water table is the upper limit of abundant groundwater. ...

Travelling through muskeg is a very strange experience to those not used to it. It can be very dangerous and arduous. Muskeg can grow directly on top of bodies of water, especially small lakes. Thinner patches can allow animals to drop through, becoming trapped under the muskeg and drowning. Muskeg patches are ideal habitats for beavers, pitcher plants, agaric mushrooms and a variety of other organisms. Species C. canadensis C. fiber Beavers are semi-aquatic rodents native to North America and Europe. ... Unidentified Nepenthes species, possibly Pitcher plants (or pitfall traps) are carnivorous plants whose prey-trapping mechanism features a deep cavity filled with liquid. ... Families Agaricaceae Amanitaceae Bolbitiaceae Cortinariaceae Crepidotaceae Entolomataceae Hygrophoraceae Omphalotaceae Pleurotaceae Pluteaceae Podaxaceae Psathyrellaceae Schizophyllaceae Strophariaceae Tricholomataceae Members of the order Agaricales are some of the most familiar types of mushrooms. ...