The upland bog in the Ennstal, a valley in the Austrian province of Styria, is located near the municipality of Ardning, 632 metres above sea level. With a size of 62 hectares, it is the largest, largely intact pine peat bog of Austria. Thus, it is a good example of the formerly widely distributed peat bogs of inner-alpine valleys.
The typical plant communities of the Pürgschachener Moor are Pino mugo-Sphagnetum magellanici (mountain pine upland bog community), Sphagnetum magellanici (coloured bog moss community) and Caricetum limosae (bog sedge community).
Nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, methane isotope measurement campaign at Pürgschachener Moor. A G5131-i isotopic analyzer for nitrous oxide and a G2201-i isotopic analyzer for carbon dioxide and methane were used. (© University of Vienna, Andreas Maier)
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