“Muskeg” pond, pond in sphagnum bog, Port Houghton, Southeast Alaska.
“Muskeg” pond, pond in sphagnum bog, Port Houghton, Southeast Alaska.
The “muskeg” or sphagnum bogs were interspersed with black ponds with many water plants. The surrounding sphagnum bogs were are a Lilliputian world of miniaturized plants, like the vivid red of the nagoon berry visible in this photo, that only bears one berry; but it as big, sweet and succulent as a perfect raspberry and was always one of my favourite berries to search for.
