Perhaps in moist peat the danger of fire wasn't as great as she'd supposed.
However, G. fulgens requires soil rich in peat and must grow among moss.
The rest of the island is covered in peat, thin acidic soils, or bare rock.
These organic materials are preserved due to burial in waterlogged peat.
Then a cushion of vegetation set in sand and peat that crumbled under his fingers.
They bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks.
The only difference was that there was no gold in the ground, but peat.
There are only two types of soil in the Everglades, peat and marl.
Large areas of landscape can be covered many meters deep in peat.
Therefore, for us using the annual growth in peat makes sense.