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Ombrotrophic ("cloud-fed"), from
Ancient Gr**** ὄμβρος (ómvros)
meaning "rain" and τροφή (trofí)
meaning "food"),
refers to
soils or
vegetation which receive...
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wetland receives most of its
water and
nutrients from
precipitation (
ombrotrophic)
rather than
surface or
groundwater (minerotrophic). The
wetland is nutrient-poor...
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Crowberry Bog is an
ombrotrophic raised bog on the
Olympic Peninsula.
Crowberry Bog
Natural Area
Preserve | WA - DNR
Crowberry Musings Ecohydrological...
- in a fen,
groundwater input can be
reduced or cut off,
making the fen
ombrotrophic rather than minerotrophic. In this way, fens can
become more
acidic and...
- (waters
contain dissolved materials from soils) with the
exception of
ombrotrophic bogs that are fed only by
water from precipitation.
Because bogs receive...
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surrounding landscape,
obtains all its
water solely from
precipitation (
ombrotrophic). A fen is
located on a slope, flat, or in a
depression and gets most...
- is also a
European Special Area of Conservation. The
mosses form an
ombrotrophic raised bog,
since the only
source of
water is from rainfall. Peat is...
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Raised bogs, also
called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet
habitats that are poor in
mineral salts and are home to
flora and
fauna that can cope with...
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Acrotelm Histosol Peat
Sapric or muck
Tropical peat
Hydric soil
Marsh gas
Ombrotrophic Processes Halosere Hydrosere Paludification Salt
marsh dieback classifications...
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sandstone or granite, or
where the
water is
derived directly from
rainfall (
ombrotrophic).
There is no
correlation between base-richness and
availability of nitrogen...
