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Peatlands of Ohio and the southern Great Lakes region

Title
Peatlands of Ohio and the southern Great Lakes region / Guy L. Denny ; with photographs from Gary Meszaros.
Author
Denny, Guy
Publication
Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2022]

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Meszaros, Gary
Description
x, 129 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
Peatlands of Ohio and the Southern Great Lakes Region focuses on the sphagnum peat bogs and rich fens of the lower Great Lakes states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, southern Michigan, and the glaciated northern corners of Pennsylvania. In a few sites, kettlehole lakes and cold alkaline hillside seeps and springs enabled remnants of peatland vegetation to survive to this day. Guy L. Denny, with accompanying photographs by Gary Meszaros, closely examines this habitat and its special environmental constraints, the geological and climatological origins, and the flora and fauna unique to the bogs and rich fens of this region. As readers will discover as they learn about places like Cranberry Bog in Michigan or Triangle Lake in Ohio, kettlehole sphagnum peat bogs and rich fens are not only essential places to protect, but they are amazing sites to explore, discover new plants, and observe the beauty and splendor of the natural world. -- adapted from inside front jacket flap.
Subject
  • Bogs > Ohio
  • Bogs > Great Lakes Region (North America)
  • Fen ecology > Ohio
  • Fen ecology > Great Lakes Region (North America)
  • Peatlands > Ohio
  • Peatlands > Great Lakes Region (North America)
  • Tourbières > Ohio
  • Tourbières > Grands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord)
  • Peatlands
  • Great Lakes Region
  • Ohio
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-122) and index.
Contents
Peatlands and peat -- The Pleistocene ice age -- True bogs -- Sphagnum peat moss -- Limiting factors in kettlehole peat bogs -- Vegetative composition and transitions of kettlehole sphagnum peat bogs -- Kettlehole sphagnum peat bogs as time capsules -- From oligotrophic to minerotrophic peat bogs -- Minerotrophic rich fens -- Peatlands wildlife -- The future of our peatlands.
ISBN
  • 9781606354377
  • 160635437X
LCCN
99991397429
OCLC
  • on1256804536
  • 1256804536
  • SCSB-14267661
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Columbia University Libraries