The Alaska Vegetation Classification - Alaska Geobotany Center ...

Flat ralsed bog4 bog having a tendency for peat growth to extend up thesloping valley sides, thereby leaving the boundary between bog and valley sidepoorly marked.Lacustrine bog-The transitional stage in which some mineral water is still amaior influence in the development of the bog.Paludification-4 bog formed over previously dry land where a rise in the watertable saturates the soil without forming a lake.Quaking bog-(l) Bog that has developed on a mat of Carexor Sphagnumgrowing over a water surface; (2) a carpet of bog vegetation that is floating andsinks and quivers when walked on. Often called a floating bog.Ralsed bog4og with an elevated central area caused by peat accumulation.This central zone is generally isolated from the local water table and chieflydependent on precipitation for water and minerals.String bog-A common taiga landscape consisting of alternating low bog ridges(German: stfange) and wet, sedgy hollows (Swedish: flarke, English: flarks). Theridges and hollows are oriented across the major slope of the peatland at rightangles 10 water movement. Synonym of strangmoor(German) and more properlytermed a ‘Yen” because it usually is fed by waters from outside the mire.Treed bog-A type of ericaceous shrub bog with 10 to 25 percent of the cover intrees at least 135 centimeters (53 in) tall. See muskeg.Bog ridgeA ridge of peat moss supporting shrubs or trees and superimposed ona matrix composed primarily of sedges. The ridges are narrow, usually with theirlong axes across the slope, and may form into net patterns. Synonyms are strange(German), sfrangar (Swedish), and pounu (Finnish).Boreak(1) Northern, or having lo do with northern regions; (2) one of threetranscontinental regions, extending from the northern polar seas south lo southernCanada.Boulder-Rock fragments larger than 60 centimeters (2 it) in diameter.Brackish water-Slightly salty water with a saline content intermediate betweenthose of fresh water and sea water.Breast height-A standard height for measurement of tree diameters 1.37 meters(4.5 ft) above average ground level in the United States; in Europe and mostCommonwealth countries, 1.3 meters (4.25 ft).Broad-IeafebWith leaves other than linear in outline as opposed to grasslike orgraminoid.Broadleaf-(adj.) A conventional term applied to trees and shrubs of theAngiospermae. in loose contrast to the generally needle-leaved Gymnospermae.See hardwoodBrowse-(n.) Twigs or shoots, with or without attached leaves, of shrubs or treesthat are available for forage for wild or domestic animals. (v.) To eat such plantmaterial.