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  2. Lindow Man - Wikipedia

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    Lindow Man, also known as Lindow II and (in jest) as Pete Marsh, is the preserved bog body of a man discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss near Wilmslow in Cheshire, North West England. The remains were found on 1 August 1984 by commercial peat cutters. Lindow Man is not the only bog body to have been found in the moss; Lindow Woman was ...

  3. Sphagnum papillosum - Wikipedia

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    Sphagnum cymbifolium ssp. papillosum (Lindb.) Warnst. Sphagnum papillosum, the papillose peatmoss, is a species of peat moss distributed throughout the northern hemisphere. [2] Although sometimes confused with Sphagnum imbricatum and Sphagnum palustre, it is distinguished by its yellow-green to brown short, blunt branches and papillose ...

  4. List of bogs - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of bogs, wetland mires that accumulate peat from dead plant material, usually sphagnum moss. Bogs are sometimes called quagmires (technically all bogs are quagmires while not all quagmires are necessarily bogs) and the soil which composes them is sometimes referred to as muskeg ; alkaline mires are called fens rather than bogs.

  5. List of Sphagnum species - Wikipedia

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    Around 380 species are currently recognised in the peat-moss genus Sphagnum: A. Sphagnum aciphyllum Müll. Hal. Sphagnum acutifolioides Warnst. Sphagnum ...

  6. Sphagnum fuscum - Wikipedia

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    Sphagnum fuscum is brown to greenish brown in color with slender brown stems. It is individually less robust than other peat mosses, especially when clumped into compact hummocks. The moss will form thread-like branches interwoven within hummocks. The leaves along the stem are tongue-shaped, while the leaves along the branches are pointed and ...

  7. Chat Moss - Wikipedia

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    Chat Moss is a large area of peat bog that makes up part of the City of Salford, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. It also makes up part of Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside and Warrington in Cheshire. [1] North of the Manchester Ship Canal and River Mersey, 5 miles (8 km) to the west of ...

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