Many of nature's bog plants are on endangered or protected plant lists. The resources in the US for naturally occurring plants of this type are being bulldozed and built on. Join one of these groups in your area and help save our native plants. To re-create a natural bog, we must understand the conditions of this growing area. These 2 are inter mixed in the pondkeeping arena, but you will find they are very different and will require different applications.
Peat bogs develop where the ground is water logged and is, as a result, poor in oxygen.
The main source of water and minerals to plants in the bog is rainwater. This means that bogs are poor in minerals and, as a result, tend to be acidic. A natural bog is a area where the growing medium has not fully decomposed and is acidic. The plants in a natural bog prefer moist soil, but do not tolerate standing water for long periods. A natural bog may become flooded seasonally, but does not containing standing water most of the time.