cranberry bogs
Flooded harvest fields
Cranberry bogs are shallow, flooded wetlands where cranberries are commercially cultivated.
The berries grow on low vines in acidic, peaty soil.
At harvest, the bogs are flooded and the buoyant berries float to the surface for collection: The cranberry bogs turn red in autumn.
Found mainly in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and the Pacific Northwest.
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- seasonal floodingRegular overflow tied to weather cycles
- acidic soilGround below pH seven
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- marshesWaterlogged land with grasses
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- MassachusettsBoston, Cambridge, Cape Cod, Plymouth, Salem
- New EnglandMaine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut
- Rural Americafarm, barns, heartland, countryside, Midwest
- WisconsinMadison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Lambeau Field, cheese curds
- berry farmingcrop yield, organic berries, u-pick farms
- Cranberry Farmingcranberries, bog, bogs, vines, berries
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