Vegetation Adaptions To Peatland

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Sphagnum is well adapted - it has a unique ability of its

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Leaves to exchange cations, = a high capacity to retain nutrients.

Water-absorbent; retains moisture.

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Dominated by bryophytes; Plants that

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Don’t have vascular tissue; mosses; low requirements for nutrients and light.

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High CEC means hydrogen ions are exchanged for

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Basic cations, these are absorbed onto the leaves and the hydrogen ions are released into the soil.

This reduces colonisation by other plants.

Question 3

Water-absorbent = more

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Waterlogged conditions in the environment, thus excluding some animal and plant species.

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Sedge family -

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Adapted to low levels of oxygen and nutrients.

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Carnivorous plants - indicate low levels of

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Nitrogen and phosphorous in the environment.

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Carnivorous plants - Trap and digest

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Animals which provide nutrients that are lacking in the soil.