![Beckman Lake Bog](/portals/57/siteimages/American%20Wetlands%20Month/Beckman%20Lake%20Bog%20Scan.jpg)
Beckman Lake bog
Bogs are wetlands with acidic, peaty soils and a carpet of Sphagnum mosses. Growing on the mossy mat are sedges, orchids, pitcher plants, evergreen shrubs and often scrubby black spruce and tamarack trees.
![Drosera rotundifolia](/portals/57/siteimages/American%20Wetlands%20Month/Drosera%20rotundifolia%20-%20Copy.jpg)
Drosera rotundifolia
"Sundew"
![Larix laricina](/portals/57/siteimages/American%20Wetlands%20Month/Larix%20laricina%20-%20Copy.jpg)
Larix laricina
"Tamarack"
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![Vaccinium macrocarpo](/portals/57/siteimages/American%20Wetlands%20Month/Vaccinium%20macrocarpon%20fruit.jpg)
Vaccinium macrocarpon
"Large cranberry"
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![Sarracina purpurea clump](/portals/57/siteimages/American%20Wetlands%20Month/Sarracina%20purpurea%20clump%20-%20Copy.jpg)
Sarracina purpurea clump
"Pitcher plant"
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Types of plants found in bogs
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