Posted by Mike Abell (170.63.46.123) on October 30, 2002 at 10:45:18:
In Reply to: Upland Bogs posted by Kristin Andres on October 29, 2002 at 13:58:54:
: I am not certain about what you are calling a "bog". Sphagnum bogs are typically permanently saturated with a deep organic (fibric) peat layer beneath. They are also gemnerally glacial in origin so I am at a loss as to how a bog could revert "back to developable land" without another glacier or catastrophic drying of the landscape. Even white cedar bogs tend to have standing water all year and are surprisingly deep.
What is meant by revert back to developable land? is this an area that was not wetland in recent history (non-glacial)?