Restoring sedges and mosses into frost heaving iron fens, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Rare iron fens in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado are frequently in poor condition due to mining, roads and ditches, which have left much of the fen completely bare of vegetation. Natural revegetation is slow to occur in the bare areas because of severe frost heave in the cold mountain climate. T...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Society
2011-08-01
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| Series: | Mires and Peat |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mires-and-peat.net/map08/map_08_07.pdf |