Bogs of the Northeast by Charles W. Johnson

By Charles W. Johnson

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As teacher, colleague, and friend, he has been with me all along, from the first burst of interest through the drudgery of revisions to the publication of this book. He too ''feels" the bogs and listens to what they have to say, and he shared his perceptions with me. He was also always the quiet and concerned counselor. In a way, this is as much his book as mine. The days spent afield with good friends have been the most powerful stimulus for this book. With friends there is no need to explain what it means to see an orchid blooming new in the muted shade of a cedar tree, the wind winnowing through stalks of sedges, or the tamaracks leathered yellow in the fall.

Of many species, they can form impressive and attractive grasslike "pastures" and are the major peat formers. In some rich fens, shrubs and trees may be prolific, the species depending on the geographic location, especially latitude (Table 4). Rich fens, though scarce in noncalcareous sections of the Northeast, contain an extraordinary diversity of plants, many of which are unusual. Here, otherwise rare calcium-loving wetland plants arise in sometimes astonishing profusion. Indeed, many species are on various state lists of rare and endangered plants.

Some Mammals of Northeastern Peatlands 254 Index 257 Page ix Preface I can't remember exactly what I saw the first time I went to a bog, but I do recall my wonder at the strangeness of it all. Suddenly I had entered a new world. Perhaps my sensations were primed by what I had read about bogs, but most came as original revelations. And most of what impressed me was sensation: the spongy undulations of the mat, the subsidence of each of my steps, the subtle yet arresting colors of rain-glazed sphagnum mosses, the gnarled forms of seemingly ageless plants.

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