Usually means: Spongy, boggy ground in forests.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (muskeg)

▸ noun:  (Canada) A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.

Similar:
maskeg, mossland, moss, mouffle, mussock, marsh, mush, moosette, meadow, mizzy, more...

Opposite:
dry land, solid ground, firm ground

Types:
black spruce, white spruce, jack pine, lodgepole pine, balsam fir, quaking aspen, more...

Adjectives:
open, black, canadian, frozen, swampy, small, typical, great, wet, treacherous, spongy

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Similar:
maskeg, mossland, moss, mouffle, mussock, marsh, mush, moosette, meadow, mizzy, more...

Opposite:
dry land, solid ground, firm ground

Types:
black spruce, white spruce, jack pine, lodgepole pine, balsam fir, quaking aspen, more...

Adjectives:
open, black, canadian, frozen, swampy, small, typical, great, wet, treacherous, spongy



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