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Wow. Just because I thought something useful could be made of this link, & put up a stub entry.

But aren't carnivorous plants native to peat bogs? I'm behind in reading my International Carnivorous Plant mailing list, so I may be wrong. -- llywrch 00:40 Nov 18, 2002 (UTC)

Yep, added it some detail. Also added a link on carnivorous plant article to Carnivorous Plant society and web ring. I guess you didn't see my comment that I was surprised someone named Llywrch didn't know about the great Llanwrtyd Wells bog snorkelling championships. Ortolan88

Blame my ignorance on the fact I live a few thousand miles away in Portland, Oregon. Most of my knowledge about Peat Bogs come from reading. I'm not sure that the couple of bags of peat moss I use in the garden actually come from bogs. -- llywrch 18:47 Nov 18, 2002 (UTC)

Nice. Can a note be made of how to distinguish a bog from a swamp?

Good question. Are swamps a feature of warmer climates than bogs?--JBellis 18:28, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Request notice removed - See Wetland#Wetland types (RJP 21:38, 12 March 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Quick question: I see that you say the world's largest wetland is in

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There are some words being blocked by the first picture in the article! I hope someone knows how to fix it? Thanks ---(this was fixed) Thanks

Do folks think it might be worthwhile to make a Category:Bogs as a subcategory off Category:Wetlands? That seems like it would be better than trying to maintain the list of bogs, but on the other hand deciding which pages go in which category might be splitting hairs. McGhiever 03:09, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

in this page http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis/edc/countries/RussianFederation.asp they are talking about a number around 3 million tons per year, far from 90 in the article.

"These industrial uses of peat threaten the continued existence of bogs and thereby biodiversity. More than 90% of the bogs in England have been destroyed." <-- this is a rather heated issue involving many different views. It would be nice if it was re-worked and if it actually showed some sources for the allegations.

this is cool

Looks like http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/3942167.stm and http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/policy/water/water/peat_bogs/index.asp are where that stat is coming from. (I'll update the article tomorrow -- I don't have time right now, unfortunately.) CSWarren 23:22, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The bit on the page about peat bogs making coal is wrong. Coal isn't made anymore - I think its a bit of a fundemental sort of thing, and letting people think that coal is still being made can encourage them to squander it, so I think its important that its sorted - but I think it needs a proper geologist to do it so I've not done anything.... sorry to just pop this in like this... :o)