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Syre Peatlands

…deeper peat. Sphagnum mosses are abundant and the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana frequently occurs on this site, along with common bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. Patterned blanket bog is characterised by narrow, irregularly-shaped, mud-bottomed pools, separated by …

Strathy Bogs

…porting bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana. The fire-sensitive bog moss species Sphagnum fuscum, together with Sphagnum magellanicum and the nationally scarce S. austinii are all present. Similar vegetation occurs on the valleyside…

Hill of Towanreef

… stonecrop. Intermediate wintergreen Pyrola media is also found and dwarf birch Betula nana has recently been recorded.

Upper Teesdale

…capillifolium. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus is locally abundant and dwarf birch Betula nana occurs here at its most southerly British locality. Bog moss lawns and acid flushes at the margins of the blanket bog have marsh saxifrage Saxifraga hirculus, tall bog sedge Carex magellan…

Blar nam Faoileag

…ulatum, Sphagnum cuspidatum and S. recurvum. The nationally scarce dwarf willow Betula nana, mountain bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus and small cranberry Vaccinium microcarpum are also found on this site.

Truderscaig

…ive carpets. The site includes populations of the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana and mountain bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus. Other species of note include the relative abundance of the hummock-forming bog-moss species, Magellanic bog-moss Sphagnum magellanicum and r…

Beinn Dearg

… the UK. It includes two montane sub-types. One is rich in heather, dwarf birch Betula nana, bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and the nationally scarce alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus. The other is a high-altitude type in which heather is replaced by the other dwarf-shru…

A' Mhoine

…va-ursi and the nationally scarce mountain bearberry A. alpinus and dwarf birch Betula nana suggest communities akin to those of arctic bogs. Breeding bird assemblage The extensive peatland, together with the variety of other habitats both within the site and nearby, provide br…

Eastern Cairngorms

…ead of Glen Gairn support small cranberry Vaccinium microcarpum and dwarf birch Betula nana. Woodland Native pine forests are found in Glens Lui, Derry, Luibeg and Quoich, along with a small area near the Linn of Avon. They were once part of a continuous tract of Caledonian pine …

East Halladale

…pecies occur on the site, small cranberry Vaccinium microcarpum and dwarf birch Betula nana. Breeding bird assemblage The extent and diversity of habitat, including the many lochs, lochans and peaty pools and small burns, provide ideal conditions for a range of waders and wildfow…

Sletill Peatlands

…stinii. Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana can also be found on this site. Breeding bird assemblage The extent and diversity of the blanket bog habitat, with its lochs, smaller lochans, peaty pools and small burns, provide ideal co…

Ben Wyvis

…ble, especially on the southern side of the hill, for the amount of dwarf birch Betula nana and alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus. The lochs, including those in the coires, are nutrient poor and characteristic of a montane glaciated landscape. Characteristic species such a…

Strath Duchally

…articular interest is the local occurrence of the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana. Areas of intact bog support extensive carpets of Sphagnum species, most notably the hummock forming species Sphagnum fuscum and the nationally scarce S. austinii. Dunlin, golden plover an…

Ben Griams

…cies. Several notable species occur including the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana and the nationally rare olive bog-moss Sphagnum majus. The site contains a number of pool systems supporting species such as bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora…

Lochan Buidhe Mires

… separated by wide ridges. This area supports the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana. These ridges are rich in Sphagnum species, and carpets of Sphagnum magellanicum and the hummock-forming Sphagnum fuscum can be found here. Sphagnum imbricatum occurs widely over the site.…

Cnoc an Alaskie

…lude marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata and the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana. This site is notable for the local abundance of the nationally rare olive bog-moss Sphagnum majus and nationally scarce golden bog-moss Sphagnum pulchrum. Breeding bird assemblage The mos…

Rannoch Moor

…h clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata, tall bog sedge Carex magellanica, dwarf birch Betula nana, least water-lily Nuphar pumila and floating bur-reed Sparganium angustifolium. This is the only place in Britain where the Rannoch-rush Scheuchzeria palustris is found. A wide range of op…

Lon a' Chuil

…usually widespread and frequent on this site. The nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana occurs in an area of large pools and Sphagnum fuscum hummocks. Ladder fens are one of the most distinctive mire types, with narrow pools separated by narrow ridges lying parallel to the co…

Skinsdale Peatlands

…also supports large populations of three nationally scarce species; dwarf birch Betula nana, small cranberry V. microcarpum and alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus. Awlwort Subularia aquatica, another nationally scarce species, grows in Gorm-loch Beag . The nationally scarce …

West Strathnaver

…f shrub bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana. Elsewhere in the site there are areas of deep, linear pools, shallow hollows and tussocks of hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. A number of ladder fens occur where peat deposi…

Grudie Peatlands

…site is notable for the relative abundance of the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana and a diverse range of less common bog sphagnum species, such as; golden bog-moss Sphagnum pulchrum, rusty bog-moss Sphagnum fuscum, imbricate bog-moss Sphagnum imbricatum and magellanic b…

Coire Bhachdaidh

…hortle-leaved willow Salix myrsinifolia. Other rare species include dwarf birch Betula nana, sheathed sedge Carex vaginata, interrupted clubmoss Lycopodium annotinum, Alpine cinquefoil Potentilla crantzii and sibbaldia Sibbaldia procumbens. The site supports a diverse assemblage …

Fannich Hills

… although there is also much blanket bog with woolly hair-moss, and dwarf birch Betula nana on the gently sloping ground. On the higher spurs and steeper slopes dwarf shrubs become more abundant. The corries support extensive montane grassland and they have a good range of late s…

Forsinard Bogs

…stinii. Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana can also be found on this site. Breeding bird assemblage The extent and diversity of the blanket bog habitat, with its lochs, smaller lochans, peaty pools and small burns, provide ideal co…

Glen Strathfarrar

…p the hill. This mix of communities supports a rich flora including dwarf birch Betula nana, small cranberry Vaccinium microcarpum and small cow-wheat: Melampyrum sylvaticum. One-flowered wintergreen Moneses uniflora, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and creeping lady’s tresses G…

Loch Meadie Peatlands

…inatum, bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana. Other parts of the site have a firmer surface with tussocks of Eriophorum and a range of species of Sphagnum moss. Breeding bird assemblage A wide range of moorland birds breed on the sit…

Strath an Loin

…d heath species. Three nationally scarce species occur on the site. Dwarf birch Betula nana is widespread, alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus is mostly confined to drier parts of the site, whilst bog orchid Hammarbya paludosa grows in the peatland flushes. Acid peat-stained…

West Halladale

…lations of cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana. Breeding bird assemblage The extent and diversity of habitat, including 17 lochs and many smaller lochans and peaty pools, small burns and larger rivers, provide ideal conditions for a ra…

Kielderhead and Emblehope Moors

…lst sheltered cleughs retain remnants of a former woodland cover of downy birch Betula pubescens and rowan Sorbus aucuparia. Though the predominant rock type is acidic fell sandstone, outcrops of which support bilberry heath and bracken Pteridium aquilinum, there are local bands …

Forest of Alyth Mires

…ses. The poor-fen bounding the raised bogs is especially extensive. Dwarf birch Betula nana, a nationally scarce species, occurs in one of the bogs. This species is on the southern and eastern extremity of its range in Scotland and at a comparatively low altitude. The moss specie…

Coir' an Eoin

… (Sphagnum species) form extensive carpets. Species of note include dwarf birch Betula nana and small cranberry Vaccinium microcarpum, both of which are nationally scarce but can be locally frequent on Coir’ an Eoin. Also of note is the relative abundance of the hummock-forming b…

Loch Con

…uncus alpinoarticulatus, interrupted clubmoss Lycopodium annotinum, dwarf birch Betula nana, and long-stalked pondweed Potamogeton praelongus.

Skelpick Peatlands

…equent. Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and the nationally scarce dwarf birch Betula nana grow on low ridges separated by narrow pools and Sphagnum-filled hollows in the southeastern part of the site. Further north, large round pools predominate and the ridges are wide and soft…

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