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Heike Schimmel
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Soil scientist with a passion for peatlands at the University of Bonn 🏳️‍🌈
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Very interesting 2-day excursion through the Black Forest during the #DBG2025, seeing some Stagnosols and mountain peatlands.
Stagnosol with organic surface layer and an iron pan Stagnosol with thick organic surface layer Mountain peatland, dominated by grasses in the black forest mountains Sphagnum mosses
September 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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I've been walking the Cleveland Way in the @northyorkmoors.org.uk and I've found Podzols, peat mosses, Gleysols and seagulls below soil profiles 🥾🦆
Podzol soil with heathers (Calluna vulgaris) Peat mosses (Sphagnum) Gleysol with stream in front and surrounded by trees Nesting seagulls on a cliff below a soil profile
September 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM