RAISED BOGS ON THE NORTH-EAST OF EUROPE

Abstract

In the Northeastern Europe 2 types of raised bogs are distinguished: coastal (Southern White Sea raised hogs) and continental (Pechora-Onega raised bogs). They have been compared as to their flora, prevailing syntaxa, characteristics of their complexes, structure of mire massifs and composition of peat deposits.

Keywords

• Raised bog
• flora
• vegetation
• pattern
• peat
• Russiao Plain