Moorbeetpflanzen

English translation: bog plants / bog-soil plants

10:17 Jan 15, 2004

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Science / Botanical

German term or phrase: Moorbeetpflanzen

Botanical text. I don't know if you can say: "Moor bed plants"??

NickWatson KudoZ activity Questions: 254 (3 open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 165 Germany
Local time: 01:27

English translation:bog plants / bog-soil plants

Explanation:
'bog-soil plants' is given by Haensch/Haberkamp WöBu der Landwirtschaft, though I can't find any other confirmation.

How about simply 'bog plants', i.e. plants that grow in bogs?

Of course, you could replace 'bog' with 'marsh', 'moor' or 'swamp'

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Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 01:27

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Thanks Cilian!
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Summary of answers provided

5 +1

bog plants

John Speese

4 +1

ericaceous plants

Deborah Shannon

3 +2

bog plants / bog-soil plants

Cilian O'Tuama

4 +1

plants of the heath family

Gunilla Zedigh

3 +1

heath plants

jerrie

2 +1

bog garden plants

Peter Gennet

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ericaceous plants

Explanation:
plants which grow in acidic (e.g.peaty) soil

(Ref. Evert's Lexikon Landschaft)

Deborah Shannon
Germany
Local time: 01:27
Native speaker of: English
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heath plants

Explanation:
heath (family) plants includes gorse, heather, azaelea, rhodedendron, various berry bushes...are they in your text?

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:27
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English
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11 mins confidence:

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bog garden plants

Explanation:
On www.drosophyllum.com you will find something about "Moorbeete". The english version uses "bog garden", so perhaps you can say bog garden plants. The term is used on the second link.

Reference: http://www.drosophyllum.com
Reference: http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg2/flat/module4/bog_garden...

Peter Gennet
Austria
Local time: 01:27
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German
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peer agreement (net): +2

bog plants / bog-soil plants

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 01:27
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 7294

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Thanks Cilian!

22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

plants of the heath family

Explanation:
hello!
i would use plants of the heath family
(rhododendron, azalea)
i'm using a computer at the moment that won't allow me to copy links, but look at the encyclopedia entry for heath at http://reference.allrefer.com

it mentions that plants of the heath family are found particularly in moors, swamps and mountain slopes ...

moor bed plants don't exist in english

hope this helps!

Gunilla Zedigh
Germany
Local time: 01:27
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English
PRO pts in pair: 20

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

bog plants

Explanation:
I agree (partially) with Cilia, and bog plants is used in nursery catalogs and botany texts, and there is an article in the May 2003 issue of Southern Living Magazine on how to create a mini-bog in your garden to grow some of these beautiful plants. Don't say swamp or marsh, these are very different ecosystems, which is why I couldn't 100% agree with Cilia (sorry!). A bog has wet, acidic soils and often peat or sphagnum moss. Plants of the Ericaceae or heath family, most notably craneberries, often grow there, however, this is too restrictive of a term, as there are many other plants found in bogs that are not in this family, such as the well-known, carnivorous pitcher plant, sun dew, and Venus fly trap, and there are many Ericaceae that don't grow in bogs, such as mountain laurel and rhododendrons.

John Speese
United States
Local time: 19:27
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 269

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