raised bog

noun

1. ecology a bog of convex shape produced by growth of sphagnum and other bog plants in acid conditions and the subsequent build up of acid peat

Example Sentences

The scientists bolted the devices to sturdy wildlife collars, which they placed on a European bison roaming a raised bog east of Aalborg, Denmark, and an Exmoor pony living on grassy wetlands at the southern tip of the Danish island of Langeland.

From Science Magazine

Ireland has more than half the European Union’s remaining area of a type of peatland known as raised bog, one of the world’s rarest habitats and, scientists say, the most effective land form on earth for sequestering carbon.

From New York Times

This includes both raised bog, common in the flat Midlands, and the “blanket bogs” that form on uplands and shorelines.

From New York Times

The turf cutters have been told they are breaking the law by stacking turf on a raised bog.

From BBC

HLF's Sara Hilton said it was "a hugely important area of lowland raised bog".

From BBC