peat

     

Peat is an accumulation of partially ecayed vegetation matter. Peat forms in wetlands or peatlands, variously called bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests.

Trivia about peat

  • Bogs of this carbonized vegetation useful as fuel are found in much of Europe, including Estonia
  • Cut from a bog, it's then dried for use as a fuel
  • This partly-decayed plant matter is a common fuel in areas without much coal
  • Moss type used as fuel
  • To keep them from drying out, orchids & other rare plants are potted in this moss found in bogs
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) When a wetland becomes covered with plant material, the lack of oxygen hinders decay, so that over time a layer of partially decayed matter is formed, called this