| LC control no. | sh 85047804 |
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| Topical heading | Fens |
| See also | Landforms Peatlands |
| Found in | Dunster, J. Dict. of natural resource management, c1996: (fen: A landscape of low-lying peat land, made up of partly to well-decomposed sedge (occasionally moss) materials, where the water is at or near the surface and fed by relatively fast-moving, nutrient-rich groundwater that is usually neutral or alkaline, and rich in calcium. Surface vegetation is dominated by sedges, occasionally with trees present. See also: Bog; Marsh; Swamp; Wetland) Henderson's dict. of biological terms, 2000: (fen: plant community on alkaline, neutral or slightly acid wet peat, characterized by tall herbaceous plants, e.g. reeds, reed canary grass. cf. bog) |
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