SCRUB/SHRUB 



FOREST A' 



R." f\ VSTREAM? 



SCRUB/SHRUB 



PEAT COMPOSED 

 OF MARSH AND 

 FOREST PLANTS 



1 ) Valley occupied by stream. 



PEAT COMPOSED 

 OF AQUATIC PLANTS 



FOREST 



2) Closed basin. Remnant of the initial pond or may not be present. 



FOREST ^,— -rrr'.v-;?:'./,'-^''..'-.-.'.- .-TTr^ 



SCRUB/SHRUB PLAIEAU r^ 



., ' ^.""'.MOSS PEAT-' 



SAND AND GRAVEL 



i:^- 



■CLAY 



3) Plateau-like dome on gentle surface of clay, sand or gravel. 



SCRUB/SHRUB DOME 



^1 Domes and ponds. Ponds are secondary, developing on moss peat. 



FOREST ISLANDS 



FOREST 



POND SEDIMENTS 



5) Coalesced domes over deposit occupying several basins. 



Figure 8-4. Five peat bog types recognized by Cameron (1975) as existing 

 in coastal Maine. 



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