Name: John Aiven C.

Eyaya Date: March 15, 2022

Course, Section, & Year: BSABE 1-1 Student no.: 202100001

Assignment 1

Give examples with pictures and location of the different organic soils
PEAT,BOG, and MUCK. Put it in the folder together with the exercise 1.

PEAT SOIL

Peat soil is a type of soil made

from decomposed organic materials that
form over thousands of years. Peat soil
has a high percentage of organic matter
content from plant materials like
decaying sphagnum peat moss. Peat soil
accumulates in wetland ecosystems
called peatlands or peat bogs.
Location: These are found throughout
Russia, Scotland, and Southeast Asia in
countries like Indonesia and Malaysia.
The majority of peat soil in the United
States comes from peat bogs in Canada.

The West Siberian Lowland,

which includes this floodplain surrounded by
tundra, covers 2.745 million squarekilometers and
is dominated by peatlands (Fraser, 2009).
 BOG SOIL

Bog soils are oxygen- and nutrient-

poor, and are much more acidic than other
soils. Eventually, watery bogs become choked
with living and decaying plants. These slowly
decaying plants become the main
components of the bog's soggy soil, called
histosol. Fungi and low-lying shrubs, such as
heather, grow in histosol.
Located: In places like Scotland or
Scandinavia, southeast Asia and many more.

Bog soils can last for a longtime if temperatures

are kept low and thereis enough rainfall to
prevent them from drying out. Upland plants will
colonize the former bog once they dry out
(Britannica, 2022).
 MUCK SOIL

Muck soils are sapric organic soils

that are saturated more than 30 cumulative
days in normal years or are artificially
drained. In other words, it is a soil made up
primarily of humus from drained swampland.
Location: type of soil that exists in pockets
across Ontario including in the Holland
Marsh and surrounding marshes, Keswick,
Thedford, Grand Bend, and Leamington
Marshes.

the “salad bowl” of Ohio, has about 3,000

acres of soil so rich in organic matter, it’s
black. They call it muck. Once a swamp, the
muck fields here now grow lettuces, squash,
cilantro and radishes among other veggies.
Willard contains the state’s largest muck
region in cultivation,