terrestrialization

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These bogs arise through a combination of terrestrialization and paludification.

Wetland classifications 2008
Raised or domed bogs evolve through a variation of terrestrialization in old glacial lake basins or in shallow plains.

Wetland classifications 2008
Canadian bogs evolve from two main processes, terrestrialization (filling of shallow lakes) and paludification (blanketing of terrestrial ecosystems by overgrowth of bog vegetation).

Wetland classifications 2008
Swamps may develop on the surface of old fens and bogs (peatlands), after terrestrialization is complete.

Wetland classifications 2008
Quaking or basin bogs develop via the terrestrialization of kettle lakes, gouged out depressions, and dammed valleys.

Wetland classifications 2008
There are two primary ways that a bog can develop: bogs can form as sphagnum moss grows over a lake or pond and slowly fills it (terrestrialization), or bogs can form as sphagnum moss blankets dry land and prevents water from leaving the surface (paludification).

Bog 2007