minerotrophic

The DEC designates Michigan Hollow a freshwater wetland, and Tompkins County lists it as Unique Natural Area 171, home to a peatland ecosystem called a minerotrophic fen.

theithacajournal.com - 2010

Wet minerotrophic soils and vegetation are in general associated with the highest CH4 emissions in subarctic and arctic tundra environments.

Effects of climate change on landscape and regional processes and feedbacks to the climate system in the Arctic 2009

Monitoring of changes in permafrost distribution in subarctic Sweden as part of the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Program [50] shows that permafrost loss causes mires to shift from ombrotrophic moss - and shrub-dominated systems to wetland systems dominated by minerotrophic vascular plants [51].

Effects of climate change on landscape and regional processes and feedbacks to the climate system in the Arctic 2009

True fens receive water that has passed through mineral soils and are referred to as minerotrophic.

Wetland classifications 2008

Those which still have peat-forming vegetation are known as mires, and can be divided into fens (minerotrophic) and bogs (ombrotrophic) on the basis of nutrient status, which is closely related to the quality of the water supply.

Random graphic of the day: UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library 2010