such as the greater tussock-sedge ( Carex paniculata ). The extreme conditions of the intermediate bog, in terms of water regime, limitations in nutrients and oxygen of the root substrate, and the microclimate [...] requirements are met solely by precipitation (ombrotrophy). The flora of the peat bog is disconnected from the water and nutrient stores of the substrate and surrounding areas. Because of this, peat bogs [...] drained the peat bogs in order to turn them into arable land, the Atlantic-influenced North German lowlands were rich in these habitats. Because the climate becomes increasingly continental to the east,
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