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Category : (D2 )Valley mires, poor fens and transition mires
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Water table
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| Transition mires where the water table is <strong>at ground level</strong>, where peat forms mostly in water, are distinguished from valley bogs and poor fens, where the water table is <strong>below ground level</strong> and peat forms in more-or-less saturated conditions. | ||
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Water source
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| Poor fens (acid flushes dominated by small sedges and often sphagna) developing on a slope and fed with water flowing laterally from <strong>springs and localised flushes</strong> are distinguished from valley mires (peat areas maintained by <strong>ground and river water</strong>). | ||
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Water flow
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| Transition mires and quaking bogs where the ground is <strong>waterlogged</strong> are distinguished from poor fens fed with water flowing laterally from <strong>springs and localised flushes</strong>. | ||
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