Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Belmore Mountain

…heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium over a mat of predominantly red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium, lustrous bog-moss Sphagnum subnitens and occasional bog moss flapwort Ordontoschisma sphagni. On more freely …

Marlbank

…ca tetralix with northern deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum frequent throughout. There is a high cover of lower plants within the wet heath such as golden head moss Breutelia chrysocoma,…

Dead Island Bog

…eath Erica tetralix with frequent asssociates including hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, tussocks of deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and locally frequent bog myrtle Myrica gale. These species are generally associated wit…

Otterburn Mires

…Flow. Other characteristic species include hare’s tail and common cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium, bog mosses Sphagnum capillifolium, Sphagnum magellanicum, heather Calluna vulgaris and purple moor grass. A bog pool community dominated by the bog m…

Lough Naman Bog and Lake

…lluna vulgaris, with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum growing over a mixed moss and liverwort mat. Where the peat surface is wetter, it displays a wel…

Coire na Beinne Mires

…nt plant species are deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and heather Calluna vulgaris. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum is abundant in damp hollows and h…

Essan Burn and Mullyfamore

…Calluna vulgaris, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum are frequent associates on the more freely draining slopes. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and…

Strathmore Peatlands

… grass Trichophorum cespitosum, heather Calluna vulgaris and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium are the most widespread and abundant plants on this site, with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum locally important. The area t…

Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor

…oss, towards the western end of the site, heather cotton grass Calluna vulgaris Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire is the dominant community with the heather reaching 40 cm in height in places. On slightly drier, gently sloping ground where the heather canopy is more open, crowber…

East Nidderdale Moors (Flamstone Pin - High Ruckles)

…se and North Moor are areas of blanket peat covered by hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum dominated blanket mire, of the heather lichen C. vulgaris Cladonia sub community. In places grazing has modified this community, resulting in a lower cover of heath and an abundan…

Moss of Crombie

…tically dominated by ling heather Calluna vulgaris and hare’s-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum with frequent cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and deer-grass Trichophorum cespitosum. Beneath the heather, ‘feather mosses’ are generally dominant but…

Moorthwaite Moss

…table flowering plants of such areas. These include two species of cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, Eriophorum angustifolium, cross leaved heath, round leaved sundew, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and a relative profusion of the uncommon bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. The wh…

Scaleby Moss

…cross leaved heath, common sundew and the hare's tail and common cotton grasses Eriophorum vaginatum, Eriophorum angustifolium as well as the more unusual cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. White sedge Carex can…

Mungrisdale Mires

…ss Sphagnum cuspidatum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and the insect eating round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and are usually edged with hummocks of other bog mosses Sphagnum magellanicum, S. capillifolium and S. papillosu…

Afon Eden - Cors Goch Trawsfynydd

…eath Erica tetralix, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, as well as more specialised elements indicative of high quality raised bog including bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia and the attractive wi…

Hatfield Moors

…itats beneath birch scrub. The mire communities are dominated by cotton grasses Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and bog mosses Sphagnum spp., but include species rare in the county such as cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog myr…

Spadeadam Mires

…alluna vulgaris are frequent, together with hare's tail and common cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium. Scattered over the Sphagnum are frequent round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Less common but still freq…

Low Gill Moor Wetlands

…d upland raised bog. These are dominated by hare's tail and common cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium, bog mosses and, locally, bottle sedge. The remaining land includes small areas of calcareous grassland but otherwise is a mix of acidic, mat grass do…

Auchencorth Moss

…og asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and cotton grasses Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium. The remainder of the site comprises a mosaic of heather Calluna vulgaris, crossleaved heath Erica tetralix, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and …

Wedholme Flow

…atches of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum occur frequently with cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Heather and cross leaved heath are present throughout but their growth is seldom more than 30 cm above the mi…

Cors Ty-gwyn

…g-mosses with hairmoss Polytrichum commune and extensive areas of cottongrasses Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium. This vegetation community is surrounded by a transitional zone similar to the swamp community, but with more heather Calluna vulgaris and cross-leave…

Glasson Moss

… heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and cotton grasses Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium. Other bog mosses including S. molle, S. tenellum and Sphagnum compactum are occasional and there are a few hummocks of Sphagnum fuscum and Dicranum u…

North Dartmoor

…sociated plants are purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundif…

Lough Alaban

…m papillosum. Graminoids associated with these areas include common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, common sedge Carex nigra and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea with herbs such as marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre. Where the fen is slightly more base-rich, heart leaved s…

Wolf Island Bog

…rum cespitosum, with occasional heather Calluna vulgaris and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. The flat water-logged 'lawns' and hollows alongside the shallow pools are dominated by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and locally distributed white beak sedge Rhynchospor…

Curran Bog

…ved heath Erica tetralix, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and tormentil Potentilla erecta. The moss layer is well developed and is dominated by Sphagnum capillifolium, Hypnum jutlandicum and Polytr…

Ballynahone Bog

…arthecium ossifraqum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, over a Sphagnum moss carpet dominated by Sphagnum papillosum and Sphagnum magellanicum. The abundance of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccus in these areas is also notable. Typical…

Cloghcor Lough

…ralix, with northern deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea over a carpet of mosses, including bog mosses Sphagnum spp.. Bog myrtle Myrica gale occurs on t…

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

… of species such as white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and northern deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum. The hummocks are typically dominated by either red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium or …

The Cliffs of Magho

…cies are still of frequent occurrence and are joined by hare's-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum. Other species such as bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round …

Brantrake Moss & Devoke Water

… caerulea and bog myrtle Myrica gale in a community dominated by cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium, Eriophorum vaginatum with deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix. bog mosses Sphagnum spp. are common throughout, often dominating the wette…

Moneystaghan Bog

…una vulgaris and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix with hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum over a bog moss Sphagnum spp. carpet. Over much of the bog surface, these mosses are dominated b…

Kielderhead and Emblehope Moors

…bogs dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris, common and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum in which deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus are locally common. These bogs give way on steep slopes to heather moor, …

Oulton Moss

…th deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and common and hare’s tail cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum. Amongst this community may be found various bog mosses including Sphagnum compactum, S. molle and S. tenellum. Bog myrtle Myrica gale occurs frequen…

Black Moss

…coccus, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, common and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum. Together with the moss Calliergonella cuspidata these combine to form a complex of hummocks withlow lying areas or hollows comprising various bog mos…

Risley Moss

…heather Calluna vulgaris. The wetter areas contain large stands of cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, together with associated plants such as cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and a number of species of bog moss Sphagnum…

Foulshaw Moss

…rtle Myrica galeform a shrubby canopy amongst abundant hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and cross leaved heath. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos is spread across the bog surface and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, a speci…

Doley Common

…ary butterfly Clossinia selene, now very rare in the county. The cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix occur very sparsely and are probably relic species from a former mire peat bog. Where drainage conditions improv…

Lin Can Moss

…osera rotundifolia, white sedge Carex canescens and two species of cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum.

Lampert Mosses

… of flat lawns and low hummocks. sedges, in particular hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and deer grass Trichophorum cespitosumare abundant. Other characteristic species include cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry…

Biglands Bog

… tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, common and hare’s tail cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and locally abundant bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The rare plants, gre…

Cors Llyn Coethlyn

…f wet heath variously dominated by purple moor-grass, bog-mosses, cottongrasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. Locally the bog-moss lawns are well developed, with a hummock-hollow system and with the uncommon species, Spha…

Drumburgh Moss

…particularly to the south, while heather, cross leaved heath and cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum dominate the open surfaces. Bog mosses occur only in the wetter hollows, except towards the southern edge. The water table is much higher near the cen…

Balloch Moss

…such as cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, common and hare’s tail cottongrasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and a range of different Sphagnum mosses. The southern edge of the Moss is bounded by a lower-lying area of …

Blacklaw Hill Mire

… an open water pool with large tussocks of common and hare’s-tail cottongrasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, and stands of bottle sedge Carex rostrata. Around the edges of the mire, a mosaic of acidic dwarf shrub heath and damp grassland has developed.

Tattenamona Bog

…a scattered cover of deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum is the main component of the wet lawn vegetation. The lagg surrounding the bog has been cut for…

Barelees Pond

… mosses, mainly Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum, with frequent cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, occasional marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and with bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata locally abundant. Parts of the zone including the trees form a ca…

Cotherstone Moor

…st part of the site. Here large areas are dominated by hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix over a layer of bog moss Sphagnum, including two local spec…

Tarn Moss

…nd leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and common and hare's tail cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum. The peripheral area of marshy grassland are dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus mixed with soft rush Juncus effusus and tufted hair g…

Fforest Goch Bog

…ed heath Erica tetralix, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, and cotton-grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum. Bog mosses, principally cow horn bog-moss Sphagnum denticulatum and lustrous bog-moss S. subnitens form a patchy understorey here with typical bog li…

Bowes Moor

…oor and this is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum over a layer of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. Locally a bog type transitional in character between …

Swineholes Wood and Black Heath

…are best developed in Swineholes Wood and have a varied flora of cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, rushes Juncus spp., purple moor grass, bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and willows Salix spp. Less common plants include …

Brookhouse Moss

…oss leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum are dominant. The nationally rare bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia is present as well as a number of species which are scarce in Cheshire, such as sun…

Deroran Bog

… tetralix and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum. Two species of bog cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum are frequent throughout and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum dominates in wetter hollows. The microtopography of the surface is generally rather sub…

Salbri

… vulgaris and cross-leaver heather Erica tetralix, sedges e.g. the cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum and the bottle sedge Carex rostrata, and certain wild herbs e.g. marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre. Two nationally uncommon bryophytes Sphagnum platyp…

Bowness Common

…nt occurrence. Vascular plants include the common and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, the great, oblong leaved and round leaved s…

Wan Fell

…ed by sedges Carex canescens, C. echinata and Carex rostrata and cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, with bog mosses Sphagnum spp. carpeting the bog surface. The rare tall bog sedge Carex magellanica is also found, with plants such as bogbean Menyant…

Chartley Moss

…y round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, – the last at the south eastern limit of its B…

Carn Gafallt

…ead vegetation here is characterised by an abundance of hare's-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum with heather, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. The ericoids, bilberry and crowberry are also prominent. The regionally rare lesse…

North York Moors

…inated by heather and cross leaved heath with frequent hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. The largest area of blanket mire occurs at the northern end of Bransdale. Grassy mires occur in small peripheral stands on most …

Slieve Gullion

…ricoid dwarf-shrubs, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and occasional common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, growing over a mixed moss and liverwort bryophyte mat. In some places, the peat surface is wetter, with species such as…

Winmarleigh Moss

…y co-dominant with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and harestail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum with common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium occurring locally. Sphagnum bog moss is widespread, particularly in the base of the grips, with the commonest species being S. pa…

Holburn Lake and Moss

…ion, being dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris, with hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium associated with the moss species Hypnum jutlandicum and a patchy cover of bog mosses including Sphagnum fallax, S. capillifolium, …

Bride Stones

…ort species such as cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. On drier moorland, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and crowberry Empetrum nigrum occur together with…

Llay Bog

…al portion of the bog is characterised by a lawn of bog moss Sphagnum spp. with Eriophorum angustifolium and cotton grasses Eriophorum vaginatum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, sundew Drosera rotundifolia and heaths Erica tetralix and Calluna vulgaris…

Garry Bog Part II

…hospora alba are still prominent in the sward, together with common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum. The lagg surrounding the bog has been cut for turf, creating a mosaic of water-logged cutt…

Aughnadarragh Lough

…ther Calluna vulgaris and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix. Common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and the mosses Hypnum cupressiforme and Dicranum scoparium are also present. Other mosses such as Sphagnum cuspidatum and Sphagnu…

Dunaree Hill

…hecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, with a high cover of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and abundant Cladonia portentosa. In additio…

Peatlands Park

… through a mixed sphagnum moss carpet. Other species include common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and occasional cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccus. These stands are frequently interspersed with lawns of white beak sedge Rhynchospor…

Prestwick Carr

…ine with birch, in part over a relict raised mirewhere hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum is abundant with common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and the rare bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. Open wate…

Tonnagh Beg Bog

…ix and heather Calluna vulgaris. Frequent associates include common cottongrass Eriophorum angustiolium, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and swards of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum in the wetter runnels. Sphagnum mosses carpet the surface of the bog and are dominated by a …

Blaeberry Island Bog

…heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The cover of bog mosses Sphag…

Danes Moss

…ulgaris the areas of shallow open water contain tussocks of common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, soft rush Juncus effusus and increasing areas of Sphagnum moss. Over the site as a whole seven species of Sphagnum moss can be …

Dozmary Pool

…um. Associated species include marsh violet Viola palustris, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, and the insectivorous round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Of particular interest is the occurrence of small-fruited yellow…

West Pennine Moors

…cipal vegetation of the blanket bogs is a community of hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum with heather Calluna vulgaris, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. Where the water table is close to the bog surface, bog mosses, …

Moneygal Bog Part II

…Sphagnum papillosum with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The bog vegetation is generally characterised by a high cover of sphagnum mosses, ericoid dwarf shrubs and associated species. Ol…

Highfield Moss

…ed by purple moor grass often with wavy hair grass and with common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, heather, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix becoming locally common or co-dominant. The small Sphagnum lawn which persists conta…

Lindow Common

…versity of the site. In these areas notable species include common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and sundew Drosera rotundifolia. In the wettest areas bog moss…

Caldanagh Bog

…ssociated species include cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare's-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The relative abundance of these species tends to vary …

Annaghagh Bog

…ved heath Erica tetralix, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Bog mosses Sphagnum spp. carpet the surface of the bog indicating active peat growth and include a range of species such as r…

Black Loch Moss

…tralix with occasional patches of crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum also form a major component of this layer. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are freq…

Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem & Cadney Mosses

…ttings have been colonised by the bog mosses Sphagnum spp., common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and in one or two cuttings by lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor occurring here at its only known Shropshire locality. The bry…

Glen East

…ved heath Erica tetralix, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, with a high cover of bog moss Sphagnum spp. and abundant glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens. Glen East is an area with…

Dykeneuk Moss

…of vascular plants dominated by heather, cross-leaved heath, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Small patches of bog myrtle Myrica gale occur throughout the mire surface and form an unusual feature of the vegetation. Cran…

Tully Bog

…cespitosum, with frequent cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Beneath the dwarf shrub canopy, the main hummock-forming moss is Sphagnum capillifolium, with occasional Sphagnum papillosum.…

Tower More

…heath Erica tetralix with deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum frequent throughout. There is a high cover of lower plants within the wet heath such as golden head moss Breutelia chrysocoma,…

Cranny Bogs

…rica gale and tussocks of deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum. Common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum are also constant in the sward. The surface microtopography is moderately well-developed, with low hummocks of Sphagnum capill…

Black Snib

…bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, heather Calluna vulgaris, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and the bog mosses Sphagnum papillosum, S. capillifolium and Sphagnum magellanicum. In all there are twenty one species of bog m…

Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses

…uttings have been colonised by the bog mosses Sphagnum spp., common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare's-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and in one or two cuttings by lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor occurring here at its only known Shropshire locality. The bryo…

Hurn Common

…rthecium ossifragum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum a plant virtually confined in Dorset to the extreme east of the county is present and the rare brown beak sedge Rhynchospora fus…

Woolmer Forest

…ts such as sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia and cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, which is uncommon in the south of England, also occurs. A number of nationally scarce and uncommon plant species occur in patch…

Canyards Hills

…ated by bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and other bryophytes, with common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, rushes Juncus spp. and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. The seasonal ponds are domin…

Longriggend Moss

…getation, with a high density of peat-forming Sphagnum bog-moss and cottongrass Eriophorum communities supported on the bog surface. Sphagnum papillosum is the dominant moss species with Sphagnum magellanicum also common and often associated with carpets of cranberry Vaccinium ox…

Moidach More

…he vegetation is dominated by ling heather Calluna vulgaris and cotton grasses (Eriophorum species), particularly hare's-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. In total, eleven species of sphagnum are found in significant quantities across the site, forming a colourful mosaic of …

Blackslade Mire

…a vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, together with common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. The dwarf shrub species form a mosaic with unimproved acidic grassland further up the valley sides with abundant purple moor-…

Long Mynd

… andJuncus squarrosusare scattered amongst the heather with common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum becoming locally frequent in the wettest places. Mosses are especially abundant in these areas with the bog mosses Sphagnum s…

Rhos Fiddle

…nd soft rush Juncus effusus. Other species present include common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and bog violet Viola palustris. Gorse Ulex europaeus scr…

Hodnet Heath

…sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum occur. wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa is dominant in the drier areas. The heathland is surrounded by woodland, all of w…

Astley & Bedford Mosses

… drainage patterns. Existing areas of mire are dominated by common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum with occasional deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum. Bog mosses are scarce but Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. recurvum, S. tenellum, …

Stranacally

…heath Erica tetralix with deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum frequent throughout. There is a high cover of lower plants within the wet heath such as golden head moss Breutelia chrysocoma,…

Bewick and Beanley Moors

…mation. The plant community is dominated by heather, cross leaved heath, common Eriophorum angustifolium and hare’s tail cotton grasses Eriophorum vaginatum and a range of bog mosses including Sphagnum papillosum, S. capillifolium and Sphagnum magellanicum. Crowberry Empetrum nig…

Eryri

…. The blanket bog vegetation is dominated by Sphagnum spp., common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, with deergrass, heath rush, heather, cross-leaved heath, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round-leaved sundew Drosera …

Town Common

…e characteristic plants are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and cotton grass Eriophorum species, including hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum which is very local in Dorset and further species of bog moss such as the nationally scarce Sphagnum pulchrum. The insectivo…

South Dartmoor

…nd Sphagnum magellanicum along with flowering plants such as common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare’s-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris and deer grass Trichophorum ces…

Cors Gorsgoch

…nt bog mosses Sphagnum spp., white sedge Carex canescens and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, also abundant hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Ne…

Llyn Llech Owain

…amp areas; whilst the wettest hollows have strong growths of common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium with a little hare's-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and, amongst Sphagnum mosses, the insectivorous round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia; white-beaked sedge Rhyncho…

Flaxmere Moss

…er areas of the site are dominated by bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. In drier parts hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, sundew Dro…

Little Budworth Common

…are dominated by the mosses Sphagnum spp. and Polytrichum spp. and cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Other notable species include hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix. Of particular interest are w…

Raeburn Flow

…ther Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium amidst hummocks of Sphagnum moss. Hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and the lichen Cladonia portentosa are…

Coir' an Eoin

…ther Calluna vulgaris, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium are common throughout the site. Hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum is also widespread. In the better-drained areas Cladonia lichens are abundant. This contrasts with…

Killeter Forest and Bogs and Lakes

… Molinia caerulea, deergrass Tricophorum cespitosum and hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum growing over a mixed carpet of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and liverworts. Common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are more prominent in we…

West Nidderdale, Barden and Blubberhouses Moors

…rland where deep peat has accumulated. In these areas, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum is dominant, with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and heather. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus is locally a…

Skiddaw Group

…e Skiddaw Forest basin and on Miller Moss. Heather and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum are generally co-dominant over a carpet of bog mosses with associated common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and cross leaved heath. The cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus is a ra…

Cocket Moss

…or grass Molinia caerulea and blanket bog dominated by hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and bog mosses Sphagnum spp. In the western sector there are wetter pockets with common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and these give rise to a stream which issues into the…

Cassindonald Moss

…stic species such as cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata and Sphagnum (bog moss). Wetter hollows contain species such as common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, round-leaved sundew Droser…

Eycott Hill

…s leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium are all abundant. Locally frequent are deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and bottle sedge Carex rostrata with the nationally ra…

Eastern Peak District Moors

… particularly on the higher blanket bogs of the north. Hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum is usually present throughout but rarely achieves co dominance and most stands have smaller amounts of common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Dwarf shrubs other than heathe…

Black Firs & Cranberry Bog

…lats and hollows are dominated by Sphagnum fallax with much common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Towards the margins flowering plants have greater cover and include heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, purple moor grass Molinia caerule…

Rhosydd Bryn-maen

…istic species including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and, locally, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and hare’s-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Now a declining habitat, areas of flood plain…

Dunbeath Peatlands

… Trichophorum cespitosum, heather Calluna vulgaris and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum are the dominant species over much of the area, with variable amounts of cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. There are extensive ca…

Ambersham Common

… raised bog includes bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium with heather and bell heather forming drier hummocks over a permanently damp carpet of Sphagnum mosses. Hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and round leaved sundew D…

Upper Fowey Valley

…t heath vegetation is characterised by an abundance of hare’s-tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea with deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, tormentil Potentilla erecta, common cotton grass Eriophorum angu…

Swarth Moor

…mprises a mosaic of cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, with wetter hollows and runnels containing bog mosses Sphagnum spp., common cotton grass Eriophorum ang…

Loch Meadie Peatlands

…e. Parts of the site have an extensive, soft Sphagnum moss carpet, cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, 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 spec…

Garron Plateau

…heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, over a lush Sphagnum moss carpet, while on more freely-draining slopes heather Calluna vulgaris, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum ar…

Chobham Common

…ia, cross leaved heath, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata. Several rare Surrey species also occur in these bogs, including hare’s tail cotton grass Erio…

Waen Rydd

… bog vegetation is characterised by a high frequency of hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and bog moss Sphagnum recurvum amongst abundant purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, …

Leek Moors

…eat, dominated by bog vegetation mostly of heather and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. This plant community is typical of northern British uplands but the Leek Moors represent its southernmost English station. Associated higher plants include deer grass Trichophoru…

Green Croft and Langley Moor

…ge Carex nigra, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum in places. Within the heath localised water logged areas support mire vegetation, some dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus others with a more diverse flora including common cott…

Dark Peak

…esotopes found in the region and contain variable proportions of cotton grasses Eriophorum spp. and dwarf shrubs such as crowberry Empetrum nigrum, heather Calluna vulgaris and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. In some areas the vegetation is dominated solely by hare’s tail cotton gr…

Steelend Moss

…ical heather Calluna vulgaris dominated vegetation with hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and scattered saplings of downy birch Betula pubescens. Wet hollows hold typical bog mosses Sphagnum species and mosses including the bog moss S.squarro…

Dilty Moss

…dry heathland dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum interspersed with wetter areas and pools. These contain a range of Sphagnum mosses including Sphagnum cuspidatum, Sphagnum magellanicum, S. fimbricatum and S. recurvum and other b…

Slieve Beagh

… Vaccinium oxycoccus, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, over a lush Sphagnum moss mat of predominantly Spagnum papillosum with occasional Sphagnum magellanicum. On more freely draining slopes heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vac…

Pow Hill Bog

…abitats. In the driest parts heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and common sedge Carex nigra occur, whilst in the wetter areas there are carpets of bog moss Sphagnum spp. w…

Cuilcagh Mountain

… heath Erica tetralix bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium over a sphagnum moss mat of predominantly Sphagnum capillifolium and Sphagnum papillosum. On more freely draining slopes are heather Calluna vulgaris and bilberry Vaccinium my…

St Leonards and St Ives Heaths

…se tussocky stands with areas of bog myrtle Myrica gale and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. On waterlogged peat in less densely vegetated situations bog mosses are more abundant and other associated plants include white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and bog asphodel …

Gweunydd Blaencleddau

…amongst hummocks of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and heather. Springs emerging on the valley sides give rise to a complex patterning of flushes, runnels and seepages. Lawns of bog mosses Sphagna, together with species such as st…

Heysham Moss

…mire is dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Other species which are characteristic of this type of habitat and are present on the Moss include bog myrtle Myrica gale, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna …

Cors Bryn-y-Gaer

…with species such as deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. In slightly drier areas cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix becomes more abundant and there is a greater range of bog moss species Spha…

Sampford Spiney

…d heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, saw wort Serratula tinctoria, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and flea sedge Carex pulicaris. Small pools occur within the …

Caudbeck Flow

…ies present. On the steeper slopes, at the periphery of the bog, a cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum peat land, typical of the southern Pennines, predominates with only occasional Sphagnum lawns. Heath rush Juncus squarrosus, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, heather and cross …

Thorne, Crowle and Goole Moors

…lso developed. Wet peat cuttings are typically dominated by common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and occasionally soft rush Juncus effusus but locally there are carpets of bog mosses Sphagnum spp containing species such as cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The old mire surfa…

Corsydd Nug a Merddwr

…s, namely deergrass Scirpus (Trichophorum) cespitosus -hare's-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix -bog-moss Sphagnum papillosum blanket mire. Dominant species in this tussocky vegetation include deergrass, hare's-tail cotton-g…

Morden Bog and Hyde Heath

…pillosum with occasional Sphagnum magellanicum and S. molle. Common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel are abundant with white-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis prominent on pool margins and in wet hollows. Several …

Frog Wood Bog

…carpet and series of low hummocks with which are associated common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, carnation sedge Carex panicea, flea sedge C. pulicaris, bog asphodel Nar…

Tievebulliagh

…at south of the crag is typical of blanket bog, dominated by common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and the mosses Sphagnum capillifolium and Sphagnum papillosum. Water movement is indicated by occasional high cover of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. A heath community oc…

Skinsdale Peatlands

…s Trichophorum cespitosum, heather Calluna vulgaris and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Bog mosses form extensive carpets at some locations. Of particular note are the hummock forming bog-mosses Sphagnum magellanicum and rusty bog-moss Sphagnum fuscum, as well as th…

Stroupster Peatlands

…og occur on the site. Eastern blanket bog has abundant hare’s-tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum. Low relief northern blanket bog is characterised by extremely soft quaking ground dominated by Sphagnum mosses. This is a rare blanket bog t…

Mullaghcarn

… bog plain is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. The moss carpet beneath generally consists …

Tailend Moss

… habitat is colonised by heather, cross-leaved heath, hare’s tail cotton grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) and purple moor grass (Molinia caerulea). Wet depressions contain cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) and round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), both of which are uncommon in th…

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…g vegetation, dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, the bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium and hypnoid mosses such as Hypnum jutlandicum and Pleurozium schreberi. In w…

Mynydd Preseli

…o areas of blanket bog often characterised by stands of hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. The drier upper ridges are dominated by acidic grassland with much mat-grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis c…

Pumlumon (Plynlimon)

…eather Calluna vulgaris is a dominant plant, but in one hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum is co-dominant, in another deer-grass Trichophorum cespitosum and in the third purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea. The most extensive area of dwarf-shrub heath is around Glaslyn, …

Westwater Reservoir

…l summit supports an area of blanket mire dominated by hare’s-tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and bog mosses (Sphagnum spp.). This is one of the few examples of this habitat remaining in the area. Other typical bog plants present include round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundi…

Ruabon / Llantysilio Mountains and Minera

…ation including flushes along watercourses and heather/hare's-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum blanket bog occurs. Much of the area has recently or is being actively managed as a grouse moor and a good assemblage of upland breeding bird species is present including merlin, …

Cadair Idris

…, areas of blanket bog occur, with frequent tussocks of hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum in combination with heather and other heath plants. On some degraded areas the heather has disappeared and left the hare’s-tail cottongrass, which provides a more or less continuo…

Oliclett

…vegetation is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Sphagnum mosses are abundant, in places forming continuous carpets over large areas. Some of the Sphagnum moss species that are most sensitive to disturbance are relatively abund…

Grudie Peatlands

…dge Trichophorum cespitosum, heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s-tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and, more variably, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. In the least disturbed areas, bog moss Sphagnum species are abundant whereas Cladonia lichens are more frequent in those are…

Rumsdale Peatlands

…Calluna vulgaris with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. Species of cottongrass Eriophorum are locally important. Around many of the lower altitude pool systems Sphagnum bog moss is widespread and abundant. In addition to the more common species, the site has Sphagnum fuscum and …

Radnor Forest

…accinium vitis-idaea. Mixed with these dwarf shrubs are hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, sedges (e.g. Carex binervis) and a number of mosses (e.g. Racomitrium lanuginosum) and lichens (e.g. Cladonia impexa). The dwarf shrubs are ve…

Bad na Gallaig

…linia caerulea, deer sedge Trichophorum cespitosum and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Sphagnum mosses are locally abundant, particularly in those areas least affected by burning and grazing. Most notable are Sphagnum magellanicum and the hummock-forming species Sp…

Bochel Wood

… deer-grass Trichophorum cespitosum, purple moor grass, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus and bog mosses.

Rhosydd Llanwrthwl

…uding star sedge Carex echinata, carnation sedge C. panicea, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, mat-grass Nardus stricta, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the bog-mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. capillifolium. Within thi…

Rusland Valley Mosses

…oss leaved heath Erica tetralix and varying amounts of hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Nevertheless, extensive carpets of bog mosses Sphagnum spp., are still present, these reaching their greatest diversity at the centre of Rusland Moss where the characteristic sur…

Appleby Fells

…abitat within the Appleby Fells. Much of it is typical hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and heather mire in relatively good condition and showing less of the peat erosion that is more in evidence further south in the Pennines. There are few extensive areas of active …

Methven Moss

… The vegetation is dominated by cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, heather Calluna vulgaris, and typical bog mosses of raised bogs such as Sphagnum magellanicum and Sphagnum cuspidatum, the latter in small pools scattered throughout the site. Th…

Cors Graianog

…minant species are purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, hare’s-tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and a variety of bogmosses Sphagnum spp. which form lawns in the more water-logged parts of the site. Several uncommon mire plants are present including the intermediate bladderwo…

Oughtershaw and Beckermonds

…thyllis vulneraria, flat sedge Blysmus compressus and broad leaved cotton grass Eriophorum latifolium. Semi exposed limestone pavement at the Helks provides an interesting refuge for hay meadow species such as wood crane's bill and melancholy thistle. Species more typical of nor…

Rhosgyll Fawr

…he Lleyn Peninsula. Purple Moor-grass Molinia caerulea, Hare’s-tail Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and bogmosses Sphagnum spp are the most abundant plant species and there is a range of associated species characteristic of acidic mire, e.g. cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, De…

Wybunbury Moss

…llax. Other bryophytes are also abundant as well as plants such as cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix. Other notable species include round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia …

Moorhouse and Cross Fell

…te. The most widespread community is that dominated by hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum with heather. Much of these areas, particularly where there is grouse moor management, such as at the northern and western ends of the site, are in good condition and are much le…

White Moss, Crosbymoor

… peat, dominated by a tall growth of heather with some hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and bog moss Sphagnum fallax. This area also has a complex mosaic of small, deeper cuttings. Some of these retain open water with quantities of Sphagnum cuspidatum but most are ca…

South Pennine Moors

…n The blanket bogs of the South Pennine Moorlands are dominated by cotton grass Eriophorum spp. and heather Calluna vulgaris. Other dwarf shrubs such as crowberry Empetrum nigrum and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus occur in varying amounts. Crowberry is abundant on the eroding margi…

Roydon Common

…w Drosera rotundifolia, bog mosses Sphagnum ssp., the locally rare cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, bushes of bog myrtle Myrica gale and the lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia. The valley mire is a very wet area with extensive carpets of sphagnum moss with the moss Sco…

Berwyn

…ope. The dominant species are heather Calluna vulgaris, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and a number of bog moss Sphagnum species which often form "lawns". Associated species are cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, deergrass Trichophorum…

Denny Muir

…ophorum cespitosum, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and hare’s-tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Open bog pools are present and dominated by bog moss Sphagnum spp., with which the locally rare white sedge Carex canescens has an association. The basin fen community is relativ…

Wester Moss

…Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos also occur, along with the nationally scarce bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia -here approaching the northern limits …

Lune Forest

…nket mire co dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, typically with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and an abundance of mosses. On the highest ground to the west, other dwarf shrubs, including cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus and cr…

Campfield Kettle Hole

…loor is a sparse cover of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum with numerous tussocks of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. A permanent pond occupies the western end of the site and is fringed with e…

Mugdock Wood

…s. Wet and acid areas contain bog mosses Sphagnum Spp., hair’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. Drier areas have bent grass Agrostis vinealis and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina communities with blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus. Mugdock Loch …

Flanders Moss

…d by ling Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, and cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Where the mire surface is wetter, plant communities dominated by actively growing bog-moss notably Sphagnum magellanicum and S. papillosum occur. Flanders Moss also supports othe…

Moss Carr

…r Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and carpets of bog mosses Sphagnum spp.. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata spp. ericetorum are two locally rare species found here. Much…

Balglass Corries

…ally important blanket bog in which common heather Calluna vulgaris, bog cotton Eriophorum vaginatum and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus predominate. Peatland plant communities of this type are rare in Central Scotland, as a result of changes in land use and management practices, an…

Armboth Fells

… major component. Blanket bog dominated by heather and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum has developed on deep peat over much of this area. Heather moorland occupies the drier, often rocky ground as the depth of peat decreases. Both dry heath, in which heather is asso…

Tor Royal Bog

…y unimproved acidic grassland. The mire is dominated by hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and the bog moss Sphagnum papillosum. Altogether, seven species of Sphagnum have been recorded on the site, including the now uncommon and declining Sphagnum imbricatum, once the …

Moelyci a Chors Ty’n y Caeau

…g dug for peat) with deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the bog mosses Sphagnum papillosum, S. capillifolium and Sphagnum magellanicum. Amongst the raised bog a…

Thornhill Moss & Meadows

…r Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, bog myrtle Myrica gale and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia occurs in profusion. Saplings of alder, birch and willow including bay wil…

Thursley, Hankley & Frensham Commons

…s leaved heath, purple moor grass, bog asphodel, ling, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, many stemmed spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis and two plants which are very rare in Surrey, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and brown beak sedge Rhynchospora fusca. The presence o…

Bolton Fell and Walton Mosses

… degraded bog with purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and rush Juncus species predominating. The north west part of Bolton Fell Moss, Moss View Moss, Walton Moss, Broomhill Moss and the Flosh, support active raised bog comprising a r…

Forsinard Bogs

…og vegetation is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, bog myrtle Myrica gale and the liverwort Pleurozia purpurea. The flatter parts of the site are much wetter and rich in Sphagnum mosses, including the hummock forming species Spha…

Dumbarton Muir

… displaying typical blanket bog vegetation dominated by hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and heather Calluna vulgaris over abundant Sphagnum bog mosses. The smaller compartment contains a small raised bog adjacent to the Lily Loch. The raised bog supports two sedges r…

Cors y Llyn

…Sphagnum spp., particularly Sphagnum recurvum, with frequent common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and occasional heather Calluna vulgaris, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the liverwort Ceph…

Dyffryn Gwaun

…rd lichen Usnea articulata. Royal fern Osmunda regalis, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, bladder sedge Carex vesicaria and ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea occur amongst the 200 or so higher plants. Water avens Geum rivale grows on the river bank and unbr…

Coladoir Bog

…es of the blanket bog are the deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum community blanket mire and the cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and bog moss Sphagnum papillosum community raised and blanket mire. The patterned mire occurs where these communit…

Elenydd

…urple moor-grass and the vegetation may be dominated by hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum or deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, and locally heather Calluna vulgaris can be well represented or dominant. Where the water table is high, as on some watershed mires or in sha…

Muckle Moss

…, S. papillosum, S. recurvum, Sphagnum cuspidatum with hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, heather Calluna vulgaris and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix on the ridges and white sedge Carex canescens, bog sedge C. paupercula, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, round lea…

Blar nam Faoileag

…er Calluna vulgaris and bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi with much cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and abundant lichens of the Cladonia group. The site is rich in bog-mosses including Sphagnum magellanicum, S. rubellum, S. capillifolium, and S…

Monadhliath

…gical diversity of the site. The extensive Calluna-Cottongrass Calluna vulgaris-Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire community grades into Crowberry-Blaeberry Empetrum nigrum-Vaccinium heath with increasing altitude. The highest areas support an interesting mix of continental and oc…

Slieveanorra and Croaghan

…lluna vulgaris, with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus growing over a mixed moss and liverwort mat. In some places the peat surface is wetter and displays a well-developed mi…

Cander Moss

…Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Open pools and runnels with active bog moss Sphagnum are found throughout the site and are interspersed with well-developed lichen communities.

Moine Mhor

…the bog mosses in the nutrient poor and acidic mire are hair’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and small cranberry V. microcarpum. In drier areas the bog is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris often with r…

Sletill Peatlands

…og vegetation is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, deer sedge Trichophorum cespitosum and bog myrtle Myrica gale. The flatter parts of the site are much wetter and rich in Sphagnum mosses, including the hummock forming species Sp…

Llandegla Moor

…lanicum, heather, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Associated species include abundant cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and sundew Drosera rotundifolia. This vegetation type is uncommon in Clwyd p…

Rhos Goch (Rhos Goch Common)

…num auriculatum and Sphagnum cuspidatum, along with frequent common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. The bog-moss Sphagnum subnitens occurs locally as does bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Dee…

Abbots Moss

…illed by loose peat. The floating surfaces are dominated by common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos in a carpet of the bog moss Sphagnum fallax. South Moss is more varied botanically than Shemmy Moss owing to the presence of distinct wetter …

Shap Fells

…cing slopes of Wasdale Pike and Long Fell. Heather and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum are co-dominant over a carpet of bog mosses with associated species such as cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Cloudber…

Meikleour Area

…poor fen and an unusual example of lowland raised bog dominated by cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. The wetlands are the habitat for a wide variety of unusual plants including the rare Scandinavian small reed Calamagrostis purpurea. The unimproved lowland grassland habitats adj…

Whernside

…ommunities. Above 1200 metres blanket bog dominated by hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum is widespread. The associates, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum become locally dominant. Other sp…

Duddon Mosses

…alluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum forming tussocks over much of the area. bog mosses vary in their extent in the hollows between the tussocks, consisting of only Sphagnum capillifolium subsp. rubellum where condit…

Glennasheevar

…ved heath Erica tetralix, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and swards of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum in the wetter runnels. The dense moss carpet beneath the dwarf shrub canopy is dominated by Sphagnum capillifolium, Sphagnum s…

Balerno Common

…ly undisturbed and shows a hummock and hollow pattern. Heather and cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum occur on the hummocks, while several species of bog moss Sphagnum are present in the wetter hollows. Bavelaw Marsh is an area of open water with stands of emergent vegetation, inc…

Sullington Warren

…ctivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. A scattered scrub of gorse Ulex europaeus and broom Cytisus scoparius with regenerating silver birch Betula pendula and Scot's pine Pinus sylvestris occurs on parts of the heath.…

South Cliffe Common

…ern Dryopteris carthusiana, bog moss Sphagnum spp. and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Hotham Carr is a mixture of wet acid grassland, poor fen and birch woodland, with limited areas of basin mire and bog pools. Mat grass predominates, with rushes Juncus acutifloru…

Muirkirk Uplands

…e, grazing and burning, the vegetation is dominated by hare’s-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Fine examples of drier heathland vegetation are found on steeper, more well-drained ground, for example around Cairn Table to the south of Muirkirk. A mosaic of upland grassland …

Reidside Moss

…res include abundance of ling heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and lichens. The additional elements include the presence of a few bog hollows, the abundance of bog myrtle Myrica gale, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and cross-leaved heath …

Drone Moss

…y of plants adapted to the acidic conditions including hare’s-tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, heather Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and black crowberry Empetrum nigrum as well as a variety of bog moss species. Of particular interest are the mosses Le…

Mynydd Ystyfflau-Carn

… Trichophorum cespitosum, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and two species of bog-moss, Sphagnum capillifolium and Sphagnum cuspidatum. Drier areas have tormentil Potentilla erecta and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. Damp hollows support cr…

Caeau Caradog

…lgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, and abundant hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum with bog-mosses Sphagnum spp. The site is varied in both topography and vegetation and this is reflected in the transition between the dry and wet plant communities present. Notew…

Ochtertyre Moss

…Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Other plant species characteristic of raised bogs are present, including cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, the latter occurring here at the nort…

Kielderhead Moors: Carter Fell to Peel Fell

… has a typical Pennine blanket peat cover dominated by hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, heather with much crowberry Empetrum nigrum, locally abundant cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus and deer sedge Trichophorum cespitosum. Reduction of burning and grazing since the 1960…

Cuillins

…ween the Cuillins and Marsco, is an extensive area of Trichophorum cespitosum - Eriophorum vaginatum blanket bog. It is rich in hummock-forming Sphagnum and has varied pool systems including ‘ladder fens’. Also present are alkaline fens, in the form of a series of mesotrophic Sch…

Parley Common

…m ossifragum occurs in the wetter heath, together with hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, which is rare in Dorset and marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe which is a very localised and declining heathland plant. Gorse Ulex europaeus is widespread and acidic oak Quercus…

Syre Peatlands

…espitosum and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, with hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum on the 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-u…

Cors Cae'r Neuadd

…agnum cuspidatum, S. palustre, S. recurvum and S. subnitens, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, with frequent bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, bulbous ru…

Morrone Birkwood

…ed by sphagnum mosses, cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Dwarf cornel Cornus suecica and northern bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum are also found. The alpine heath of the upper slopes and summit of Morrone is dominated by wind-pruned heat…

Altikeeragh

…eath Erica tetralix, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and occasional crowberry Empetrum nigrum, growing over a mixed moss and liverwort bryophyte mat. In some places, the peat surface is wetter and displays a well-developed microtop…

Cors Nantcwnlle

…a vulgaris and extensive areas of wet Sphagnum bog with hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Poor-fen describes a range of wetland habitats founded on peat which are irrigated by water poor in nutrients. At Cors Nantcwnlle these communities are dominated by various speci…

Plas Iolyn Bog

…accinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, hare's-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and the locally uncommon petty whin Genista anglica occur on the wettest parts with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea where drier. The carr …

Black Lough (Tyrone)

…na vulgaris and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea with hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and carnation sedge Carex panicea. Other semi-natural habitats provide further structural diversity. Neutral grassland is present which is dominated by crested dog's tail Cynosuru…

Geltsdale & Glendue Fells

…ouse and codominated by a heather Calluna vulgaris and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum community in which the more unusual species, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea, cranberry V. oxycoccus and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus are locally abundant. On better drained ground…

Inchmoan

…eath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum are all frequent on the open bog. Capercaillie are also present on the island, although they are not a notified feature of this SSSI. Capercaillie require woodland with a well-dev…

Foinaven

…. Heather Calluna vulgaris, deer sedge Trichophorum cespitosum and cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum dominate the vegetation, together with abundant bog moss Sphagnum spp., woolly-hair moss Racomitrium lanuginosum and other Atlantic bryophytes such as Pleurozia purpurea and Mylia…

Upper Teesdale

…nd spring gentian occur. Blanket bog with heather and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum occupies much of the gently sloping hill land whilst locally valley mire, often characterised by the presence of cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, has developed. In places, these…

Carstairs Kames

…es of the blanket bog are the deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum community blanket mire and the cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and bog moss Sphagnum papillosum community raised and blanket mire. The patterned mire occurs where these communit…

Moorfoot Hills

…urbed, Sphagnum-rich (7 dominant species) field layer. Hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus are abundant. Lichen-rich variants of this vegetation type are also present. There are extensive areas where Sphagnum cover is almost total and po…

Unity Bog

…alluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum are abundant, together with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and commons sedge Carex nigra. The occurrence and abundance, of bog bilberry is of co…

Howierig Muir

…s a lush, tussocky growth of heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s-tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum with crowberry Empetrum nigrum and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos is common and sundew Drosera rotundifolia is occasional. Downy birch Betula pub…

Pen-y-ghent

…m. By contrast in areas of increased grazing pressure, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum predominates. Near Churn Milk Hole, there is a valley bog system which supports bottle sedge Carex rostrata, white sedge Carex canescens and the bog moss Sphagnum fallax. In steep…

Blairbeich Bog

…Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. The locally uncommon bog plants, bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, have also been recorded from the site. The north, west and east sides of…

Kirkby Moor

…ushes occur on the margins of the valley mires dominated by common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium over Sphagnum papillosum, with cross leaved heath and the star sedge Carex echinata and carnation sedge Carex panicea. Other species include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos rou…

Buttermere Fells

… fine example of deer grass -hare's tail cotton grass Trichophorum cespitosum - Eriophorum vaginatum blanket bog on High Scawdel. It is very wet, with a well developed system of pools containing bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. Round leaved sundew Dr…

Leith Hill

…te the ground flora, where the single flower spikes of hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and tufts of greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata, both rare in Surrey, are of interest. Cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and the herbs lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor and ma…

Croagh Bog

…er Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and northern deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum over a rich bog moss Sphagnum spp. carpet. On the steeper slopes, where peat deposits are thinner, grasses and sedges become increas…

Beinn Dearg

…This site has the second largest extent of heather-cottongrass Calluna vulgaris-Eriophorum vaginatum blanket bog on an upland SSSI in the UK. It includes two montane sub-types. One is rich in heather, dwarf birch Betula nana, bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and the nationally s…

Harbottle Moors

…n high ground are areas of blanket bog, where heather, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum are the dominant cover over a ground layer of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. Between the ridges the bog mosses have characteristically developed a…

West Mainland Moorlands

…anket bog which is composed of species such as heather, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and Sphagnum mosses. Sphagnum capillifolium, S.papillosum and S.magellanicum are amongst the most evident of these mosses. Unusually, the large Atlantic liverwort Pleurozia purpur…

Hurston Warren

…sera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The bog north of this is totally vegetated by purple moor grass, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, Sphagnum mosses and cross leaved heath. Sem…

Mynydd Llangatwg (Mynydd Llangattock)

…g area around Pwll Gwy-rhoc is dominated by heather and hares-tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, occasionally grading into vegetation where deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, or purple moor grass Molinia caerulea become more dominant. T…

Morven and Mullachdubh

…e on Mullachdubh, is generally dominated by heather and hares’-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, often with abundant lichens and bog mosses. These include Sphagnum magellanicum and Sphagnum fuscum. The rare small cranberry Vaccinium microcarpum is also found. Juniper scrub T…

Nichols Moss

… and hollow topography, dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris with cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix. These lie in a mosaic with Sphagnum mosses and a variety of other characteristic peat land plants which bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, bo…

Black Down and Sampford Commons

…-dominant. There is a wide variety of wet ground plants, including cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog pimpernel Lysmachia tenella, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and bristle scirpus Isolepis setacea. Sma…

Moel Hebog

… bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, blanket bog dominated by hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and soligenous flushes also occur. Extensive acidic outcrops and screes are present; associated species include viviparous fescue Festuca vivipara, juniper Juniperus communis and …

Breen Wood

…erspersed with wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum growing over a pleurocarpous moss carpet. The transition from heath to woodland along the top of the ridge is unbroken and shows a successional series from colonising scrub to you…

West Strathnaver

…oor grass Molinia caerulea. Purple moor grass is often replaced by cotton grass Eriophorum spp on areas of deep peat. Localised differences in vegetation are evident across the site. The area to the east of Cnoc Maol Malpelly has extensive carpets and hummocks of bog moss Sphagnu…

Hesley Moss

…ved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum dominate the relatively dry baulks, while the wetter areas, which predominate over the mire sustain carpets of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. beneath canopies of bilberry Vaccinium myrt…

West Fermanagh Scarplands

…oss leaved heath Erica tetralix, flea sedge Carex pulicaris, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and Sphagnum capillifolium. Further downslope, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea is frequent within a sedge and herb-rich sward, which is generally known as fen meadow. Other…

Burnhope Burn

…a shallow depression in the northern part of the site, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and bog mosses Sphagnum spp., are …

Mochrum Lochs

… moor-grass Molinia caerulea, heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and Sphagnum capillifolium subsp. rubellum. The wet areas are dominated by Sphagnum species with bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, white beak-se…

Hartley Cleugh

…th west side the grassland merges into wet heath, with hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, heath rush J. squarrosus, heather Calluna vulgaris and bog moss Sphagnum spp.

Hexhamshire Moors

…areas of blanket bog. This is dominated by heather and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, a good cover of bog mosses particularly Sphagnum papillosum and, locally, cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus. Many acidic flushes drain the moor…

Muggleswick,Stanhope & Edmundbyers Commons & Blanchland Moor

…dant. Pockets of blanket mire dominated by heather and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum also occur, in association with bog pools which are dominated by bog mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum and Sphagnum fallax. Adding to the mosaic on the edge of the heath – bog interface …

Tore of Troup

…ralix and blanket bog characterised by ling heather and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum.

Pilmoor

…tis canina and common sedge Carex nigra. Scattered tufts of common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and occasional patches of bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and bottle sedge Carex rostrata also occur. A number of larger pools and ponds are fringed by soft rush Juncus effusus…

Whitfield Moor, Plenmeller and Ashholme Commons

…ket mire, co dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum is the main community on the moors. Bog pools dominated by bog mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum and Sphagnum fallax also form part of the mosaic, along with species poor flushes. These …

Gull Nest

…getation is dominated by ling heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and a variety of lichens (especially Cladonia species), typical of eastern Scotland, with unusually abundant deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifrag…

Black Mountains

…n the wetter parts purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix become more abundant. On the lower slopes the moorland gives way to drier unimproved acidic grassland, which in places is colonised by large …

Foula

…n form of these habitats. They are largely dominated by hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and crowberry Empetrum nigrum with very little heather Calluna vulgaris. On the higher ground montane species can be found including stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, northern bilberry…

Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons

…ross leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos creeping over the surfaces. Equally characteristic of these lawns…

Ingleborough

…caeruleae, while elsewhere blanket bog is dominated by hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Where flushing occurs the blanket hog becomes floristically richer with sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. There i…

Esgyrn Bottom

…edswamp. A sequence through birch woodland, more open vegetation of cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea ended with a raised bog dominated by bog-moss Sphagnum species. This dome of bog-mosses was isolated from and independent of groundwater…

Cullentra Lough

…Vaccinum myrtillus, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and tormentil Potentilla erecta. Where the peat is wetter, these species are accompanied by others that are more typical of a raised bog community, such as bog asphodel Narthecium…

Roudsea Wood & Mosses

…ew, bog asphodel, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Mosses form a major part of this community and include carpets of Sphagnum cuspidatum, Sphagnum pulchrum, S. capillifolium, S. subnitens, Polytrichum commune and Pleurozium schre…

Haxey Grange Fen

…r table create shallow temporary pools, with stands of hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and bittersweet Solanum dulcamara at their edges. The beetle fauna associated with bare peat at the pool margins is of particular interest and includes a high diversity of ground…

Rora Moss

…nated by ling heather Calluna vulgaris with widespread hare’s-tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and scattered patches of bog mosses, mainly Sphagnum capillifolium. The area surrounding the primary bog and extending to the edge of the mos…

Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells

…ccur on moorland where moisture has been retained. In these areas, cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum is dominant, with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and heather. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus which is confined to the west of the county and altitudes over 450 metres is locally …

Craigmad Wood

…h dominates and the ground flora consists of Sphagnum hummocks and cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. On drier acid ground are areas of mature long-established oak woodland with a characteristic ground flora dominated by wavy hair grass and bryophytes. On the steep slopes beside …

Carn/Glenshane Pass

…og vegetation dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. The moss carpet beneath generally consists …

Mallerstang-Swaledale Head

…eaux with an altitudinal range from 400 to 700 metres. Hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum is ubiquitous, with deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum particularly at higher levels. A richer bog vegetation occurs where grazing is less intense, in such areas heather Calluna v…

Gortnasoal Glebe and Meenadoan

…lluna vulgaris, with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, growing over a mixed moss and liverwort mat. Where the peat surface is wetter, it displays a well-developed microtopography, with prominent red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium an…

Bankhead Moss, Beith

…phagnum papillosum, S. recurvum, cross-leaved heath and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Parts of this section exhibit a quaking surface and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata is present. Around the margins of the bog the water table is slightly lower. The vegetation is v…

Rhosydd Llanpumsaint

…tches of the red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium among hare’s-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and heather Calluna vulgaris. Inflows from the margins encourage a few rushes Juncus spp. to grow with the mosses, and lines of rush indicate re…

Mynydd Hiraethog

…. The blanket bog is normally dominated by heather and hare’s-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum, but in parts it has been degraded and lost its heather. Notable species present include lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and the nationally uncommon bog rosemary, Andromeda polif…

Killorn Moss

…l of bog habitat and is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris, and cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. In the wettest parts sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are locally abundant. Noteworthy species recorded on this s…

Kilhern Moss

… other sites. Low hummocks of heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix are scattered through the wet flats. Unusually for a site of this quality, the expected pattern of pools and hummocks is absent. A transition…

Shielton Peatlands

…t bog vegetation is dominated by deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, cottongrass Eriophorum spp., heather Calluna vulgaris and species of Sphagnum bog moss. The relative abundance of these species varies locally. The highest cover of Sphagnum moss is found in the wetter parts of t…

Arkengarthdale, Gunnerside and Reeth Moors

…rland where deep peat has accumulated. In these areas, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum is dominant, with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and heather. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus is a frequent component of…

The Cheviot

…s developed mainly on the high ridges are dominated by hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and heather with much bilberry, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and in places crowberry. Close to the summit the blanket bog also supports the rare bog bilberry Vaccinium uliginosu…

Bell's Flow

…rees. The dominant species over the mire as a whole are hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, and Sphagnum capillifolium, corresponding to National Vegetation Classification (NVC) community M18 Erica tetralix-S. papillosum mire. The exte…

Tweedsmuir Hills

…tops of the subsidiary ridges, where it is dominated by hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and heather with abundant cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus at some locations. Below the main ridge on Glenstivon Dod and other subsidiary summits, alpine heath occurs as dwarfed wind-…

Epworth Turbary

…ia caerulea with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, an uncommon plant of northern wet heathlands, occurs here at the south eastern limit of its British range. Drier sandy areas support heather Cal…

McKean's Moss

…mon cottongrass Erjophorum angustifolium and occasional hare's-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and deergrass Trichophorum cespjtosum. Within this area, between the Sphagnum hummocks and drier areas of bog, there are flat, water-logged 'lawns' with frequent white beak sedge …

Kielder Mires

…r altitudes the amount of heather Calluna vulgaris and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum increases, bog rosemary becomes less common and species such as lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus which are not found on the lower sites increase i…

Graig Fawr, Pontardulais

… poorly drained acid grasslands predominantly comprised of Molinia caerulea and Eriophorum vaginatum; and infrequent soligenous mires in which Wahlenbergia hederacea, Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and Anagallis tenella are prominent species.

Red Moss

… are dominated by deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum with heather Calluna vulgaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos all constant in the field layer. Spha…

Westhay Moor

…estricted distributions in southern England, including hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and royal fern Osmunda regalis. 136 aquatic and bank side vascular plant species have been recorded from the field ditches, IDB maintained rhynes, arterial watercourses and abando…

Goyt Valley

… in the north, is covered by blanket mire dominated by hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum with bilberry, crowberry and a small amount of bog moss Sphagnum spp. This community, derived from blanket mire by a combination of sustained heavy grazing, burning and atmospheri…

Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths

…gnum magellanicum which is scarce in southern England. Hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, which is uncommon in south east England, is also present in wetter areas around Wishmoor Bottom, together with two important fern species, the nationally rare crested buckler fer…

Waun Fawr, Puncheston

…enbergia hederacea, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum. The southern damselfly breeds in the numerous minor, but permanent water channels on the common. Its two year larval stages are most abundant i…

Longbridge Muir

…ation over the surface of the open mire is dominated by hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, cross-leaved heath, heather and bog myrtle along with bog mosses such as Sphagnum papillosum, S.magellanicum and S.capillifolium and the lichen Cladonia portentosa. Towards the c…

Simonside Hills

… the high plateau there is blanket bog with heather and hares tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum in which cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus occurs sparingly. Shallow basins which collect water draining from the surrounding land are characterised by carpets of bog mosses Sphagnum p…

Naddle Forest

…minate the dry knolls, whilst the hollows usually have hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and bog mosses with bottle sedge Carex rostrata in the wettest areas. Small mires and flushes are present throughout the site. The richer flus…

Spinningdale Bog

…num mosses. Tall tussocks of heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum and purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea are found towards the drier edges of the site which then merges into a broadleaved woodland fringe. The site also supports bog orchid Hammar…

Ben Lui

…e southern flank of Meall nan Tighearn is part of the largest area of Calluna - Eriophorum vaginatum blanket bog in the Breadalbane Hills. Furthermore, the peatlands of Ben Lui show a continuous altitudinal succession which is not found elsewhere in the Southern Highlands. The ch…

Turclossie Moss

…n is characterised by ling heather Calluna vulgaris and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. This community is found across both the primary and secondary expanse, and is frequently rich in bog mosses (Sphagnum species). The area surrounding the primary bog and extending…

Murrins

…ed peats are dominated by cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, with frequent round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The bog mosses Sphagnum papillosum, Sphagnum …

East Mires and Lumbister

…is mostly dominated by common heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum. The bog orchid Hammarbya paludosa is also present at East Mires and Lumbister, one of only three recorded sites in Shetland. The moss Sphagn…

Meathop Moss

…oodland. The open bog is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum in a hummock and hollow topography with shallow bog pools, formed by several species of Sphagnum moss. The associated flora is characteristic of bog vegetation, with abundant cros…

North East Coll Lochs and Moors

… is predominantly deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire. Other communities include deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix community, the reindeer lichen Cladonia spp. community and the roun…

Lockshaw Mosses

…phagnum moss-dominated pools and hollows with abundant hare’s-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum, heather Calluna vulgaris and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. The locally scarce cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthe…

Lavington Common

…erulea occurs in hollows and is abundant in some patches of heath. Cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba also grow in the wetter areas and are uncommon plants in West Sussex which are confined to the few …

Threepwood Moss

…ical raised dome with a bog vegetation of heather Calluna vulgaris, cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum with localised cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The sloping margin (rand) of the dome has Sphagnum (bog-moss) pools and some actively growing …

Buinach and Glenlatterach

…is dry heath are small areas of bog and wet heath with hare’s-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cotton-grass E. angustifolia, bog mosses (sphagnum species), round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. A few kettle holes contain “p…

Hallsenna Moor

…erry Vaccinium myrtillus, tormentil Potentilla erecta, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and colonies of heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata spp. ericetorum and associated hybrids. The larger areas of wet heath exist in a mosaic of pu…

Plas-y-Gors

…Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum are abundant. Amongst the hummocks are peat-bottomed pools with bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius. Remarks: Within the Brecon Beacons Nati…

Inverpolly

… bog is dominated by deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and heather Calluna vulgaris. sundew Drosera spp, Sphagnum mosses and Cladonia lichens are characteristic species. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus can be found in higher parts of the…

Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath

…d by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, purple moor grass, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog myrtle Myrica gale. Other plants include round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, meadow theist Cirsium dissects, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, sharp-flower…

Red Moss of Netherley

…, being dominated by ling heather Calluna vulgaris and hare’s-tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Locally, towards the centre of the site, the bog is actively regenerating. Here, bog myrtle Myrica gale is frequent and major peat-building bog mosses, Sphagnum papillosum and mo…

Roman Wall Loughs

…rum cespitosum, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Other Information 1. Caw Lough is a nationally important site listed in a ‘Nature Conservation Review’ edited by D A Ratcliffe 1977, Cambridge University Press. 2. Broomlee, Cra…

Bowland Fells

…rally found on the steeper slopes and heather Calluna vulgaris and cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum dominated blanket bog which covers the tops of the ridges and shallow slopes. Within the blanket bog communities bog mosses Sphagnum spp. are sparse, due to the effects of past bu…

Shapwick Heath

…anium minimum, small bladderwort Utricularia minor and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Other plants of interest are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and ivy leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia he…

Allendale Moors

…ally, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, with abundant hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and occasional deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Bog mosses are generally abundant, principally Sphagnum…

Ford Moss

…Large areas are dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix. In the wet, southwest corner, good examples of bog moss Sphagnum species carpet occur and here the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera…

Glims Moss and Durka Dale

…ed by ling Calluna vulgaris, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa.

White Moss

…uaking, with Sphagnum moss accompanied by common and hare’s tail cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and vaginatum, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and sedges, including common sedge Carex nigra, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and white sedge Carex canescens. There are patches…

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