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Relationship between mire peat and its plants
Organization(s):Estonian Learning Expedition
Country:Estonia
Student(s):Johanna Tammist
Hanna Tali
Polina Ivanova
Ekaterina Likhacheva
Sander Statsenko
Thomas Samuel Berg
Mikk Mattias Mahla
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Educator(s):Jaan Pärn
Contributors:Laura Altin
Johanna Raudsepp
Merli Ilves
Report Type(s):International Virtual Science Symposium Report
Protocols:Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Soil pH
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Language(s):English
Date Submitted:03/06/2021
We were really interested in what species can grow in the mire, and if and how different soil indicators affect the plants and vice versa. We studied 6 research locations across different sites in the mire of Sammuli on the shore of Lake Viljandi. According to the research that we conducted, the bog peat pH did not depend on the plant species present there. Considering the plant species themselves, we found that if the environmental conditions in the mire are unfavourable, more specialist plants grow that are more capable of surviving in the demanding environment. Where the environmental conditions are favourable there are many generalist plants because they have the necessary nutrients.