Abstract
String bog or "Strangmoor" patterns have been identified in Cedarburg Bog, 25 miles north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This is about 200 miles south of the southernmost string bog location previously reported near Seney, Michigan. The string bog consists of slightly elevated ridges and islands with cedar (Thuja occidentalis), tamarack (Larix laricina), bog birch (Betula pumila var. glandulifera), leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata var. angustifolia), and other woody growth alternating with flat, wet sedge mat areas. This string bog, in common with others in North America and Eurasia, is found on a slightly sloping surface; the alternating ridges and flats are at right angles to the direction of slope or the direction of water flow. Presumably this orientation is indicative of the important role of water movement in pattern formation.
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