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Peatland Plants (and lichens)
Some common species found in peatlands across Canada.
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Flowering Menyanthes trifoliata (Bogbean or Buckbean) in a fen
Andromeda polifolia (Bog rosemary)
Sarracenia purpurea (Pitcher plant)
Herbarium specimen of Carex utriculata (Common beaked sedge)
Herbarium specimen of Carex magellanica subsp. irrigua (Poor sedge or Boreal bog sedge)
Drosera rotundifolia (Sundew) emerging from a carpet of Sphagnum rubellum
Vaccinium myrtilloides (Velvet-leaved blueberry) growing on a hummock covered with Cladina stellaris (Star reindeer lichen)
Hummock-forming Sphagnum fuscum
Vaccinium oxycoccos (Small Cranberry)