Assertion: peat | /r/HasProperty | formed
Facets:
value: from different materials
type: OTHER
value: naturally
type: MANNER
value: from the residues of dead plants
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Peat can be formed from different materials, but a large percentage of the peat harvested is composed of sphagnum moss.
text: The places where peat is formed, peat bogs, are found in river valleys (floodplains and terraces) and at water divides.
text: Peat is formed from the residues of dead plants whose aerial organs have become humified and mineralized in the aerated surface stratum of a bog (the peat-producing horizon) by soil invertebrates, bacteria, and fungi.
text: For example, on an annual basis Canada only harvests 1/20 of the peat that is formed naturally.
text: Peat is formed when plants such as peatmosses are submerged in water and only partly decomposed due to a lack of oxygen.
text: Peatlands are wetland ecosystems where peat is formed.
text: Peat can be formed from different materials but the most common part of peat is Sphagnum Moss.