[DOC] [TLE] ScienceFlix | Scholastic [PAR] In the warmer months, the thawed topsoil and snow create marshy areas, lakes, 
and streams. ... Lichens grow on rocks, tree barks, decaying wood, and soil. 
Unlike other plants, lichens are a combination of two different organisms algae 
and a fungusgrowing ... Sphagnum, or peat moss, is found in the tundra bogs. [DOC] [TLE] Bog - Wikipedia [PAR] A bog is a wetland that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant materialoften 
mosses, and in a majority of cases, sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main 
types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, quagmire, and muskeg; 
alkaline mires .... These develop from a lake or flat marshy area, over either non-
acidic or... [DOC] [TLE] Sphagnum - Wikipedia [PAR] Sphagnum is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, 
commonly known as ... Hence, as sphagnum moss grows, it can slowly spread 
into drier conditions, ... Sphagnum, like all other land plants, has an alternation of 
generations; like other ... Peat areas are also found in New Zealand and 
Tasmania. In the... [DOC] [TLE] Comparisons of the Development of some Sphagnum Bogs ... - JStor [PAR] representative sphagnum bogs of the Atlantic coast ... num bogs in these regions 
by the writer and other ... flat, though somewhat irregular rock surface, but at ... 
sists of three kinds of peat (wood, sedge, and sphag- .... found that the deepest 
places (maximum 13 feet) ... in Alaska, while most of the bogs of western Wash-. [DOC] [TLE] 38-3 Volume 17  1951 | Crater Lake Institute  Enhancing the ... [PAR] Growing in the sphagnum with the mountain bladderwort, their leaves forming ... 
these two areas will yield other plants that have not been reported from the park. 
... elsewhere in this issue of Nature Notes) other than these Crater Creek bog 
ponds. ... Extrusive rocks are those formed when the magma, called lava in this 
case,... [DOC] [TLE] Types of WeTlands [PAR] Marshes are formed in low-lying areas ThaT ... grow along The edge of sloughs 
are caTTails, reeds, rushes, sedaes, and grasses ... ponds receive drainage from 
shallow soils and are ofTen found on graniTe or oTher bed-rock Types ThaT 
conTain few nuTrienTs. .... Sphagnum moss is a planT found in bogs and some 
Tens. [DOC] [TLE] Bogs and Wetlands Factsheet - Dartmoor National Park [PAR] Jul 27, 2005 ... However, high rainfall and granite rocks alone do not explain why there ... on 
Dartmoor they collected it as wound dressings during the First World War. ... 
There has been a growing awareness of the importance of blanket bog as a ... 
The main plant community present is rarely found in other upland areas. [DOC] [TLE] Moss [PAR] Mosses are any of a variety of small, green, non flowering plants found ... 
Common species include granite mosses and peat mosses. ... Mosses form soft, 
dense mats on rocks, at the base of trees, or on soil. ... Peat mosses also called (
sphagnum), grow in bogs and other marshy areas. ... When Found and 
Conditions:. [DOC] [TLE] Geology of the area - Nedre Dallven [PAR] The landscape is full of many small lakes and large marshy areas. ... When 
saturated with water, silt becomes unstable and can easily form ravines. ... 
Clearly visible delta landscapes are found where the river changes from a single 
.... Mud is deposited on the lakebed, while sphagnum mosses grow towards the 
shores. [DOC] [TLE] Written In Stone...seen through my lens: June 2011 [PAR] Jun 12, 2011 ... On a sunny, late May afternoon, while visiting my daughter's school in southern ... 
Essentially, Sphagnum moss grows at the surface and dies at the bottom, .... It's a 
wonderful other world! WHAT IS A WETLAND? Bog. Marsh. ... In the open water 
of marshes, floating and submerged plants can be found (such... [DOC] [TLE] The Carnivorous Plant FAQ: Pond, bog, swamp, marsh, fen---what ...

Question: The granite type of this grows on rocks, while the sphagnum is found in bogs & other marshy areas
Answer: moss