Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Killeter Forest and Bogs and Lakes

…p. and liverworts. Common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are more prominent in wetter runnels. Where the peat is shallower, generally on steeper slopes, blanket bog gives way to wet and dry heath communities. These communities are char…

Essan Burn and Mullyfamore

…inatum are frequent associates on the more freely draining slopes. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia occur in the wetter hollows, with bog myrtle Myrica …

Garry Bog Part II

… the rare Sphagnum pulchrum. The surrounding water-logged lawns of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, support an abundance of white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, interspersed with low Sphagnum papillosum hummocks. The raised bog surrounding the pool system is characterised by a …

Curran Bog

…chophorum 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 Polytrichum commune. The 'lawns' have a more …

Corfe Mullen Pastures

…ongst the herbs present are pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia. Where permanently waterlogged peat occurs the mire community dominated by purple moor grass is replaced by a rare valley mire commun…

Slieve Gullion

…lix, heather Calluna vulgaris, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, carnation sedge Carex panicea and sphagnum bog-mosses, including the uncommon species Sphagnum compactum. This community is associated with we…

Western Mournes and Kilfeaghan Upper

…leaved heath Erica tetralix, deer sedge Trichophorllm cespitosllm, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and bog mosses Sphagnum spp. This community is somewhat unusual in containing a high proportion of bell heather Erica cinerea, which is genera…

Montiaghs Moss

…and is often fairly species-poor, with associated plants including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, together with scattered sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and bog myrtle Myrica gale. More species-rich stands occur local…

West Fermanagh Scarplands

…peat is deep and wet, the vegetation is dominated by flat lawns of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Within these areas, occasional pools support a characteristic growth of aquatic sphagnum mosses, dominated by Sphagnum cuspidatum with occasional Sphagnum auriculatum. Stands of…

Lough Naman Bog and Lake

…. Adjacent to the pools, extensive water-logged lawns dominated by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are prevalent and the liverwort purple spoonwort Pleurozia purpurea, also indicative of western peatlands, is locally frequent. The hummocks within the pool complex are very well…

Winster Wetlands

… dominated by S. papillosum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. This combination of communities is unknown outside South Cumbria and the community dominated by S. papillosum is nationally rare. Nearby sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus …

Tonnagh Beg Bog

…orum 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 range of species, including Sphagnum capillifolium, Sphagnum subnitens, Sphagnum magel…

Croagh Bog

…lanicum with frequent common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Two species of sundew, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and great sundew Drosera anglica are also associated with the pools. The …

Altikeeragh

… hummocks, there are flat, waterlogged lawns with locally abundant bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. Sphagnum papillosum and Sphagnum tenellum are frequently associated with these wetter hollows. Other species recorded within this…

Prolusk

… Prunella vulgaris, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia is widespread across the fen meadow. Ericoid species are sporadic in occurrence depending on the degree of transition to wet heath an…

Glennasheevar

…m lanuginosum. The surrounding water-logged lawns are dominated by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum with low Sphagnum papillosum hummocks, particularly around the pool margins. Notably the three species of sundew are present-round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, great sunde…

St Leonards and St Ives Heaths

…aved heath Erica tetralix – bog moss Sphagnum compactum wet heath; bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum – bog moss S. papillosum valley mire and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea – tormentil Potentilla erecta mire. The site is also notified for nationally scarce plants; the assem…

Carn/Glenshane Pass

…ged peat characterised by dense carpets of Sphagnum and 'lawns' of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The hummocks are dominated by species such as Racomitrium lanuginosum, Sphagnum capillifolium and heather Calluna vulgaris, with occasional Sphagnum imbricatum and Sphagnum fusc…

Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor

… localized mire communities. Black bog-rush – bog asphodel Schoenus nigricans – Narthecium ossifragum mire frequently occurs as a vegetational mosaic with bog-asphodel-sphagnum moss N. ossifragum – Sphagnum papillosum valley mire. These community types are dominated by purple moo…

Moelyci a Chors Ty’n y Caeau

…f runnels supporting fen habitat with bottle sedge Carex rostrata, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and marsh St. John’s wort Hypericum elodes. Willow scrub encircles most of the bog and fen. Several species of bat including Natterer’s, noctule, brown long-eared and Brandt’s ba…

Rhos Cwmderw

…dge Carex echinata, with sharp-flowered rush prominent locally and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum in places.

Burnhope Burn

…orum cespitosum and bog mosses Sphagnum spp., are dominant, whilst bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, both local species in Durham, are abundant. The flanks of a small ditch, running through the centre of this basin mire, support different mire …

Thornhill Moss & Meadows

…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 willow Salix pentandra have become established. Willow also lines…

Cuilcagh Mountain

… the presence of such species as cross leaved 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 heath…

Cors Bodwrog

…cal associates of which include cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, tormentil Potentilla erecta and bog-myrtle Myrica gale. In places, particularly the edge of the site this community grades into fen meadow dominated by Yorkshire-fog Holcus lana…

Cors Nantcwnlle

…eaved heath Erica tetralix, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. These lower-lying habitats contrast sharply with various levels of less intensively worked peat in which heather is the dominant species. Some very species-poor examples of this…

Mid Cornwall Moors

…ocally notable white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Species such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and carnation sedge Carex panicea occur frequently. creeping willow Salix repens and mat gra…

Plas Iolyn Bog

…. tenellum and Sphagnum cuspidatum. Cranberry Vaccinium 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 moo…

Muggleswick,Stanhope & Edmundbyers Commons & Blanchland Moor

…nated by star sedge Carex echinata, hair moss Polytrichum commune, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius occur. The nationally scarce pale forget-me-not Myosotis stolonifera and the regionally rare round leaved crowfoot Ranunculus omiophyl…

Chailey Common

…r three species uncommon in East Sussex are found in this habitat; bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum. Areas of scrub dominated by gorse Ulex europaeus occur on the open commo…

Caeau Cnwch a Ty'n-y-graig

…, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, tormentil and the locally uncommon globeflower Trollius europaeus.

Pamber Forest and Silchester Common

… and supporting characteristic species such as cross leaved heath, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis. The west side of Pamber forest is bounded by a series of unimproved neutral to acid, wet unimpro…

Coed Mynachlog-fawr

…rosus, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata spp. ericetorum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and occasional bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus also occurring. Clearings in steeper parts of the woodland have flushes containing whorled caraway Carum verticillatum, saw-wort Serra…

Dozmary Pool

…leaved heath but with an unusually large flush containing abundant bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, carnation sedge, and the bog mosses Sphagnum fallax, S. palustre and S. rubellum. Associated species include marsh violet Viola palustris, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustif…

Esher Commons

…d long leaved sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and marsh St John's wort Hypericum elodes. The dense scrub which covers much of the former heathland is composed of gorse Ulex europaeus, the birches Betula pubescens and B. pend…

Cors Llyn Coethlyn

… the drier areas of the wet heath. Tormentil Potentilla erecta and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are two species well represented here, and common spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii also occurs. Other interesting areas within the site include rush-dominated mire Juncus acut…

Duddon Valley Woodlands

…gnum species S. recurvum and S. palustre, smooth stalked sedge and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The locally uncommon royal fern Osmunda regalis also occurs in this vegetation type. This community is nationally scarce and only occurs as ancient woodland within a few woods i…

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

…leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and the nationally scarce bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia in some abundance. In the least disturbed areas, Sphagnum hummocks, particularly of…

Winfrith Heath

…rse vegetation has developed on deep peat. Here purple moor-grass, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum white-beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and two species of sundew, oblong-leaved Drosera intermedia and round-leaved Drosera rotundifol…

Gwaun Troed-rhiw-seiri a Llyn Mynydd-gorddu

…potted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, marsh violet Viola palustris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre and other characteristic plants.

Rhos Cilcennin

…anthes trifoliata, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, with frequent round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Adjacent to the heath is a sizeable remnant of valley mire, isolated by firebreaks and …

Tully Bog

…ith flat, water-logged 'lawns', characterised by the prominence of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and abundant white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Low hummocks dominated by Sphagnum papillosum and occasional Sphagnum magellanicum are frequently associated with these lawns. Al…

Rhos Blaenclettwr

…raversed by soligenous flushes with characteristic species such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes and carnation sedge Carex panicea. On more level ground lower down are small basin mires in pingos dominated by bog-mosses Sphagnum spp. wi…

Rhos-Rydd

…orts a rich bog flora of round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Much of the northern half of the site is composed of rank, poor-fen vegetation containing bogbean Menyanthes…

Cullentra Lough

…by others that are more typical of a raised bog community, such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum, Sphagnum papillosum and Aulacomnium palustre. In addition to the diverse wetland vegetation, the not…

Turners Puddle Heath

… have developed on peat. These communities are floristically rich. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and several species of bog moss Sphagnum spp. are locally abundant including S. papillosum and the very restricted Sphagnum pulchrum. White beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and both …

Newby Moor

…ca tetralix at the northern edge grades into mire characterised by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog myrtle Myrica gale with tussocks of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and hummocks of bog mosses…

Caeau Llwyn Gwrgan

…ern edge of the field, supporting in addition to the other species bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata. This orchid extends in some abundance into the purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea dominated grassland of the gently sloping centra…

Drumcully

… sedge Carex panicea, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, with a more frequent cover of the ericoids, heather Calluna vulgaris and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix. Further interest is added with the presence of the notable orchid spe…

Wellington College Bog

…folia is particularly common. Other characteristic species include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea become more frequent and eventually co-dominant as the …

Slieveanorra and Croaghan

…e hummocks there are flat, waterlogged lawns with locally abundant bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Other species recorded throughout the intact surface include papillose bog moss Sphagnum papillosum and woolly fringe moss Racomitrium lanuginosum, which can form large hummocks…

Marlbank

…the presence of species such as cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium over a mat of predominantly red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium and papillose bog moss Sphagnum papillosum. On more freely drainin…

Corfe Common

…Sphagnum species are found. Amongst the range of higher plants are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanic…

Ringdown

… leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh violet Viola palustris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and lesser skullcap Scutella…

Cassindonald Moss

…riophorum angustifolium, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. Apart from the western edge of the site, there is a gradual transition to fen vegetation on lower lying ground around the margin of the raised mi…

Moine Mhor

… 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 reindeer lichen Cladonia spp. growin…

Glasson Moss

…ndew Drosera rotundifolia, Drosera intermedia and Drosera anglica, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, which is abundant over most of the wetter areas of the moss. Typical of the hummocks are Sphagnum magellanicum, S. rubellum and S. papillosu…

Burns Beck Moss

…sh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. The old peat cutting hollows have been colonised by species such as the bog mosses Sphagnum capillifolium subsp. rubellum and Sp…

Mallerstang-Swaledale Head

…n persists, species present include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, a number of bog mosses Sphagna and, rarely, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. On summits the peat mantle is often eroded to form haggs…

Llandegla Moor

…Associated species include abundant cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and sundew Drosera rotundifolia. This vegetation type is uncommon in Clwyd particularly in the east of the county and two sizeable bogs are present in addition to more localised …

Rosenannon Bog and Downs

…gst the purple moor-grass and cross-leaved heath there is abundant bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, royal fern and lesser sk…

Carrick Heaths

…evil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, water mint Mentha aquatica, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, greater bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre and cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis. Of particular…

Nant y Crimp

…m. Where springs emerge at the ground surface, these are joined by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, greater bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Saw-wort Serratula tinctoria is also occasional throughout these swards. Acidic …

Rhos Glwydwern

…a of bog mosses Sphagnum spp., cotton-grasses Eriophorum spp., and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. One such depression is an infilled pond supporting a poor-fen community of bottle sedge Carex rostrata associated with alder swamp. In contrast, another large depression has a m…

Gale Clough and Shooterslee Wood

…arsh pennywort and marsh violet. Purple moor grass, heath rush and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are locally abundant.

Rhossili Down

…m, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog mosses Sphagnum spp.. Closest to the principal lines of water flow grow bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and bog St. Johns wort Hypericum elodes. The ditches along…

Hurston Warren

…l notable plants include round leaved sundew Drosera 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 cespito…

Killorn Moss

…rts sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are locally abundant. Noteworthy species recorded on this site are bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia which is locally rare and near the northern limits of its distribution in Brit…

Arkengarthdale, Gunnerside and Reeth Moors

…og vegetation persists and supports cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog mosses Sphagnum spp., round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and locally scarce species such as bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. Throu…

Kirkby Moor

…y Aneura pinguis and Campylium stellatum and higher plants include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. In addition to the flushes there are several areas of valley mire. For example Tewitt Moss, Brun…

Kernick and Ottery Meadows

… is the occurrence of the highly localised community bog asphodel–sphagnum moss Narthecium ossifragum–Sphagnum papillosum valley mire, bog bilberry–sphagnum moss Vaccinium oxycoccos–Sphagnum fallax sub-community. This particular community occurs as a mosaic together with purple m…

Hense Moor

…ora, some sixty species having been recorded. Associated herbs are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog St John’s wort Hypericum elodes, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, great sundew Drosera anglica and bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella. Where wet heaths grade into these b…

Aire Point to Carrick Du

…lis. Other species of note associated with the wet flushes include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica. The nationally scarce plants Cornish moneywort Sibthorpia europaea and yellow bartsia Parentucell…

Bell's Flow

…largely restricted to Northern England and Southern Scotland, and bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum are all locally common. Round-leaved sundew, Drosera rotundifolia is also found on this site. The margins of the mire, are dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and den…

Auchencorth Moss

…tic bog plants are present, including sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog 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, crossle…

Bowes Moor

…bogs has developed and contains cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Such vegetation supports well developed bog moss hummocks which, on…

Broadhead Clough

… widely while locally, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are found. The wooded portion of the site, in which there is a canopy principally of oak and birch but with some holly an…

North Dartmoor

…her Calluna vulgaris, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Many pools containing Sphagnum cuspidatum and S. auriculatum occur within this blanket bog, while on the drier banks and rocks and moss Racomitrium lanuginosum is abundant. The…

Turbary and Kinson Commons

…d round-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba; also present is the uncommon pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica. Bog mosses Sphagnum spp. including Sphagnum cuspidatum and S. papillos…

Lamonby Verges and Fields

…tetralix as well as heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The grasslands and other habitats also support a good variety of butterfly species and these include dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja, small pearl bordered fritillary Bolor…

Great Haldon Heaths

…ch grow jointed rush Juncus articulatus, soft rush Juncus effusus, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and pale butterwort Pinguic…

Dead Island Bog

…illosum and Sphagnum tenellum. Frequent associated species include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, cross-leaved heath and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The shallow pools, which are a rare feature in lowland raised bogs, are domi…

Trevaunance Cove

…myrtle Myrica gale, occasional western gorse and, less frequently, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, creeping willow Salix repens, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and royal fern Osmunda regalis. Dorset heath occurs in greater abundance in the…

Ashculm Turbary

…ore abundant. Herbs associated with the hummocks and pools include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, Meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, bog stitchwort Stellaria alsine, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and marsh St. John's wort Hypericum elodes…

Rhos Cruglas

… bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, marsh-marigold Caltha palustris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh violet Viola palustris, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor, early marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. Th…

Cefn Gwrhyd, Rhydyfro

…in which Eriophorum angustifolium, Menyanthes trifoliata, Hypericum elodes, and Narthecium ossifragum are abundant; quaking bog communities dominated by Eriophorum angustifolium and Sphagnum spp. and several small areas of species-rich soligenous mire. Surrounding areas are compr…

Kingford Fen

…lousewort Pedicularis palustris, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Surrounding the fields and bordering the river are species-rich hedges and patches of scrub and trees with the dominant species being sallows Salix spp. together with alder Aln…

Brendon Farm (North)

…ing frequently to abundantly. Wetter parts support species such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and the nationally scarce wavy St Johns-wort Hypericum undulatum. The locally uncommon petty whin Ge…

North Exmoor

…and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. Typical herbs are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, wet heath occurs around the blanket bog and on other poorly drained ground. The main type is the deer grass -cross-leaved heath Eric…

Red Moss

…il 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. Sphagnum moss cover is generally extensive, especially on the norther…

Moneystaghan Bog

…r-table extending to the bog surface. Species are characterised by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. The pool complexes exhibit a series of elongated pools in a concentric pattern and are typica…

Meddon Moor

…tosum, sedge species, in particular carnation sedge Carex panicea, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica and saw wort Serratula tinctoria. Wetter hollows support a different association of species including marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes, bog …

Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths

…a, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, flea sedge Carex pulicaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and several other plants which are rare in the county, as well as populations of rare and localised insects.

Black Moss

…air moss Polytrichum commune. Also associated with these lawns are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The westernmost portion of the bog is the wettest area. This flat, wet, quaking surface is dominated by Sphagnum lawns with common c…

Paines Cross Meadow

…n grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa and star sedge Carex echinata. The meadow supports a wide variety of invertebrates including populations of the great green bush …

Slieve Beagh

… cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry 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 …

Cors Cae'r Neuadd

…horum cespitosum, and frequent purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, star sedge Carex echinata, sharp-flowered rush, cranberry, the moss Aulacomnium palustre and the lichen Cladonia impexa. Other typical associates include heather, common yellow-…

Cors Bryn-y-Gaer

…ich flushes, with abundant carnation sedge Carex panicea, frequent bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cottongrass occur locally. Marshy grassland is common on sloping ground on drumlins throughout Cors Bryn-y-gaer. Much of this grassland is dominated by purple moor-gra…

Gweunydd Dyfnant

…re heathy, with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and occasionally bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum.

Gweunydd Dyffryn Nedd

…ctive heathy element comprising cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and, more locally, heather Calluna vulgaris and petty whin Genista anglica. Other species present include devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, tawny sedge Carex hostiana and f…

Rhos Pil-bach a Phennar-fawr

…um, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, subsp. ericetorum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, devil's-bit scabious and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi. A variety of birds breed on the heath, including curlew and grasshopper warbler, and the insect fauna includes the mars…

Rhos Pwllygawnen

…mon sedge Carex nigra and carnation sedge Carex panicea, with much bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and lousewort Ped…

Waun Cimla

…w thistle Cirsium dissectum, spotted orchids Dactylorhiza spp. and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and western gorse Ulex gallii occur in the heathy areas. Of particular interest is the occurrence of bristle bent Agrostis curtisii, a grass w…

Freshmoor

…impernel Anagallis tenella, marsh St John's wort Hypericum elodes, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula. The nutrient poor, acid conditions are ideal for two insectivorous plants, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and pale leaved butt…

Caeau Nant y Llechau

…culata and Dactylorhiza fuchsii, meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi. Small areas of drier peaty soil are present and provide a habitat for a slightly different range of species, including petty whin Genista an…

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…sum and feathery bog moss Sphagnum cuspidatum with herbs including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and occasional bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. Liverworts including purple spoonwort Pleurozia purpurea and lichens, especially the reind…

Wybunbury Moss

… sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum all of which are rare in Cheshire. A small pool in one area contains various sedges including the regionally rare Carex limosa. Towards the edge of the open lawn where the water …

Swarth Moor

…es Sphagnum spp., common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and bottle sedge Carex rostrata occur occasionally throughout the bog. Of particular note is the abundance of cranberry V.…

Deptford Farm Pastures

…Potentilla erecta and meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum throughout. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, creeping willow Salix repens, heather Calluna vulgaris and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix are frequent associates of these, while petty whin …

Brendonmoor

…ross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica. The nationally scarce species wavy-leaved St. John’s wort Hypericum undulatum is also pres…

Long Mynd

… present are a number of locally uncommon peat land plants such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris. More nutrient rich conditions are associated with spring head rills in which blinks Montia fo…

South Pennine Moors

…inata and commons sedge C. nigra present. In some of these flushes bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum is present or even dominant amongst the moss Sphagnum spp/ Polytrichum spp carpets which also often have dense populations of cranberry. The majority of flushes are less acidic a…

Spinningdale Bog

…aturing bog myrtle Myrica gale, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and Sphagnum 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 e…

Meathop Moss

… cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Less frequent species include bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and the uncommon oblong leaved sun…

Ashdown Forest

…or several species of sphagnum moss, together with which are found bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and specialities such as marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe, ivy leaved bell flower Wahlenbergia hederacea, white beaked sedge Rhyn…

Deroran Bog

…angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum are frequent throughout and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum dominates in wetter hollows. The microtopography of the surface is generally rather subdued but several large hummocks occur and there are occasional small pools where the bog mo…

Horton Common

…grass Molinia caerulea with cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the uncommon pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica. Mosses are important here especially Hair Moss Polytrichum commune and Sphagnum papillosum. Several other species of Sphag…

Cranny Bogs

…phorum angustifoliurn, with white beak sedge Rbynchospora alba and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum in the wetter runnels. Sphagnum mosses associated with the wetter bog surfaces include Sphagnum papillosum, Sphagnum magellanicum and Sphagnum tenellum, with occasional concentra…

Castle Enigan

…frequent here include common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and lichens Cladonia spp. Around the edge of the wetland and on slightly higher ground, the vegetation often merges into grassland or scrub. Small po…

Bretherdale Meadows

…ng flora with both acidic and basic soil components. These include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris and the rare bird's eye primrose Primula farinosa.

Craigengar

… distribution in the Lothian area grow at this location, including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Bawdy Moss represents the only example in the Lothian area of its habitat type. The southern part of …

Claife Tarns and Mires

…t species of Sphagnum, with marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, dioecious sedge Carex dioica, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and cross leaved heath Eric…

North York Moors

…res support the richest bog vegetation and include species such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog mosses Sphagnum spp., cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. The latter two species are found only on the raised bog at May Moss. Moorland edge …

Farndale

…s leaved heath Erica tetralix, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and bulbous rush J. bulbosus. Dry …

Sampford Spiney

…ently occurring species include cross-leaved 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 Car…

Pencarreg-gopa a Moel Hyrddod

…h as cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are frequent, and there is a diverse moss and liverwort flora. On the drier areas blanket mire vegetation merges into sub-montane dwa…

Lambert's Castle

…hid Dactylorhiza maculata, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh violet Viola palustris and meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum. Several species of very restricted distribution are also found here including wood horsetail Equisetum sylvati…

Upper Nantserth Pasture

…haracterised by the presence of cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, carnation sedge Carex panicea, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog-mosses Sphagnum spp.. Scattered aci…

Cae'r Meirch

…and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum in places. Also frequent are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, marsh violet Viola palustris, the bog-moss Sphagnum papillosum, devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and marsh orchids Dactylorhiza spp. Non…

Hallsenna Moor

…ed heath is more widespread with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and in the wetter areas Sphagnum compactum, S. tenellum and Polytrichum mosses are abundant, with lesser amounts of S. molle. The heath communities grade into mire vegetation wit…

Arfordir Gogleddol Penmon

…rulea is more abundant with black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans, and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and these areas are particularly rich in species such as saw-wort Serratula tinctoria and common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris. Mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica and fir cl…

Wolf Island Bog

…d 'lawns' and hollows alongside the shallow pools are dominated by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and locally distributed white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The three sundews, great sundew Drosera longifolia, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the rare oblong-leave…

Shap Fells

…n cotton grass, cross leaved heath, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are frequent. Shap Fells as a whole exhibits a variety of flush communities ranging from moderately basic to strongly acidic. Within…

Ottery Valley

…rence of the highly localized vegetation community bog asphodel – sphagnum moss Narthecium ossifragum – Sphagnum papillosum valley mire, occurring here as a mosaic together with purple moor grass–tormentil Molinia caerulea–Potentilla erecta mire. This vegetation mosaic is only re…

Belmore Mountain

…ch as heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved 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 flap…

Thorne and Doves Moors

…eocharis multicaulis, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris and marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes. The latter have abundant soft-rush Juncus effusus and compact rush Juncus conglomeratus var. con…

Street Heath

… spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata. Bog species present include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, frog bit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, white beaked Sedge Rhynchospora alba and the insectivorous plants pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica …

Spadeadam Mires

…Sphagnum are frequent round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Less common but still frequent are cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and the nationally scarce bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. The site also supports small numbers of the nationa…

Pow Hill Bog

… marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the liverwort Ordontoschisma sphagni. In the centre of the mire are small open pools with bog moss Sphagnum cuspidatum, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and bog pondweed Potamog…

Aldons Hill

…phagnum spp., with common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The slopes of Fell Hill support a fine base-rich grassland of fescues Festuca spp. and bents Agrostis spp.. Other species present include heath grass Danthonia decumbens, creste…

Coire na Beinne Mires

…m, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and heather Calluna vulgaris. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum is abundant in damp hollows and hummocks of woolly fringe-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum are present. The predominant type of bog associated with watersheds and gentle slopes is kn…

Titterstone Clee

…impernel Anagallis tenella, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor and, atone of very few Shropshire localities, ivy leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea. Moonwort Botrychium lunaria is locally abundant on …

Greendale Mires

…lousewort Pedicularis palustris, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum which occupies the wetter, central flush lines. Marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba are locally abundant often in association with a vari…

Brantrake Moss & Devoke Water

…these are the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus. Drier hummocks support heather Calluna vulgaris with tormentil Potentilla erecta and occasional bilberry Vacciniu…

Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor

…small raised mires have been identified which between them support bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus occurs locally in the central and western parts of the site. On the slopes and particularly on the eastern port…

Reidside Moss

…nce of a few bog hollows, the abundance of bog myrtle Myrica gale, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, and the presence of greater sundew Drosera anglica and the bog moss Sphagnum magellanicum. In addition, the Labrador tea Rhododendron groen…

Balloch Moss

…arsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris and northern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella.

Cefn Bryn Common

…lex gallii. In places there is a good cover of Sphagnum mosses and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum is locally abundant. Flushes also support marsh St John's-wort Hypericum elodes, whorled caraway Carum verticillatum, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and bog pondweed Potamogeton p…

Cors Crymlyn / Crymlyn Bog

…nd communities. These range from Sphagnum-dominated poor-fen, with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and greater bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris, through others with bottle sedge Carex rostrata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and bog bean Menyanthes trifoliata, to more eutro…

Foxlease and Ancells Meadows

…undant bog moss especially Sphagnum papillosum and S. tenellum and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The site contains a number of ponds and ditches supporting a diverse flora, including probably the largest population of water violet Viola palustris in Hampshire and the nation…

Rhosydd Bryn-maen

… by bog-mosses Sphagnum spp, with characteristic 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. No…

Hexhamshire Moors

…Menyanthes trifoliata and locally, sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Throughout the site there are localised areas of acid grassland most of which have developed due to regular sheep grazing. These grasslands are generally dominated by heath rush…

Bankhead Moss

…ncommon in Fife, such as round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, have been recorded.

Afon Eden - Cors Goch Trawsfynydd

…horum 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 wine-red bog moss Sphagnum magellanicum.…

Hurn Common

…several species of Sphagnum moss and typical higher plants include bog asphodel Narthecium 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 ex…

Shannel

…um palustre. Species such as cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are also frequent in some areas, and locally, where these species are joined by heather Calluna vulgaris and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, the fen-meadow grades into wet-hea…

Maiden Down

…ccurs with bog mosses Sphagnum spp., marsh violet Viola palustris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, sundews Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog St John's wort Hypericum elodes. There is a rich invertebrate fauna ass…

Ludderburn and Candlestick Mires

…typical of South Lakeland soligenous mires. It is characterised by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and Sphagnum papillosum and other plants present include cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, hare's tail cotton grass Erioporum vaginatum…

Gull Nest

…and, with unusually abundant deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The rare imbricate bog moss Sphagnum affine and the locally uncommon greater sundew Drosera anglica are found. Gull Nest also supports a number of breeding birds associated with…

West Nidderdale, Barden and Blubberhouses Moors

…og vegetation persists and supports cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog mosses Sphagnum spp., round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. Throughout the area species poor flus…

Southey and Gotleigh Moors

…e butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica occur in the hollows here, with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The tops of the hummocks host a wet heath community of cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata. T…

Combe Scar

… Drosera rotundifolia, autumnal hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, grass of Parnassus, common lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, selfheal Prunella vulgaris, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, lesser clu…

Cors y Llyn

…eather Calluna vulgaris, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the liverwort Cephalozia connivens. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos is locally abundant, and the locally uncommon white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba occurs in some parts of the…

Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons

…s 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 are the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, tormentil Pot…

Bowness Common

…il 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 sundews Drosera anglica, Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifo…

Esgyrn Bottom

…leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the bog-mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. recurvum. Tussocks of purple moor-grass dominate the disturbed areas where peat cutting and drainage channels have affected the wate…

Ebblake Bog

…urple moor grass Molinia caerulea and Sphagnum moss lawns in which bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia are abundant. The mire remains saturated th…

Cefn Blaenau

…orts uncommon species such as whorled caraway Carum verticillatum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum. Along streamsides, linear areas of a poor-fen vegetation occur, with various rushes Juncus spp, ragged-robin Sil…

Morden Bog and Hyde Heath

…pitosum and a bog moss Sphagnum compactum. Moister hollows support bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis and bog moss Sphagnum tenellum. Three nationally scarce and …

Tattenamona Bog

…ged 'lawns' alongside pools are characterised by the prominence of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifraqum and the locally distributed white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The three sundews, great sundew Drosera longifolia, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the rare oblong-l…

Harbottle Moors

…ummock and hollow complex and support sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and the nationally rare bog orchid Hammarbya paludosa. The deep valley of the Barrow Burn locally supports woodland, often of birch Betula spp. and…

Foulshaw Moss

…but most of the species described are also present along with some bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Bog vegetation is also present where conifers have been planted and the trees have managed to grow beyond sapling height. The main body of the bog is crossed by an extensive ser…

Warmwell Heath

…e bog communities are common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog-myrtle Myrica gale. The Tadnoll Brook, a tributary of the River Frome, rises as a chalk spring three kilometres to the west, and…

Canford Heath

…grass are associated here with deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and round-leaved and oblong-leaved sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia. The rare …

Mointeach Scadabhaigh

…rass Eriophorum angustifolium the dominant species, accompanied by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, tormentil Potentilla erecta, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and lichens of the genus Cladonia. The woolly fringe moss Racomitrium lanuginosum, typical of western blanket bogs…

Eastern Peak District Moors

…ellow sedge C. demissa and common sedge C. nigra. Large patches of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and cranberry creeping over dense mats of bog moss add colour and interest. Many of the flushes are species rich and the best examples hold several regionally uncommon species in…

Rora Moss

…ail cotton grass frequently replaces ling heather in dominance and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and deer-grass Trichophorum cespitosum are more frequent. Bog mosses are both more common and diverse and include S. fimbriatum, S. papillosum, S. capillifolium and S. subnitens.

Tir Mawr a Dderi Hir, Llwydcoed

…s of more acidic conditions and here saw-wort Serratula tinctoria, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog-mosses Sphagnum spp. occur. Other areas of wet ground throughout the site, where the conditions are less base–rich, support rush-pasture dominated by sharp-flowered rush …

Bourne Valley

… the nationally scarce Sphagnum pulchrum, and other plants such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia. The bog pool vegetation includes bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and lesser bladderwort U…

Findon Moor

… and ling heather also occurs, along with wet flushes dominated by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium. On the seaward slopes the heathland grades through turf dominated by ling heather, crowberry and mat grass Nardus stricta to coa…

Garron Plateau

…e prominence of such species as cross leaved 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 ha…

Ambersham Common

…ted rush Juncus articulatus. The flora of the 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 …

Blaeberry Island Bog

…horum angustifolium, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The cover of bog mosses Sphagnum spp.is generally high, with the aquatic species cow horn bog moss Sphagnum auricu…

Wallis Moor

…most waterlogged areas, with marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata frequent in the innumerable runnels that crisscross the site. Pockets of flea sedge Carex pulicaris and…

Landford Heath

…h east corner. Other plants particularly rare in Wiltshire include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia. Species occurring in the grazed areas include bog pimpernel Anagallis …

White Moss

… canescens. There are patches of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum in more open areas and occasionally sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. This gives way to firmer ground where purple moor grass Molinia caerulea is int…

Bewick and Beanley Moors

…wberry Empetrum nigrum ssp. nigrum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are all characteristic but less common. Beanley Moss, though partially planted with conifers, retains good bog vegetation beneath its…

Cernydd Carmel

… and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium are dominant with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris scattered throughout. Lesser butterfly-orchid Platanthera bifolia and common twayblade Neottia ovata have also been recorded from the fr…

Bankhead Moss, Beith

…cluding S. tenellum and Sphagnum cuspidatum. Sphagnum recurvum and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are restricted to areas where the movement of surface water causes local nutrient enrichment. Above this bryophyte layer the vegetation is dominated by heather and cross-leaved h…

Coedydd Nanmor

…s such as the sundews Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. The woodland at Hafod Garregog also includes Llyn Hafod-y-llyn, an oligotrophic lake which supports a narrow marginal zone of floating/eme…

Rhos yr Hafod

… Carex panicea and wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, also some bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Drier banks and rock outcrops occur in places, and support good amounts of betony Betonica officinalis, sheep’s-bit Jasione montana and early hair-grass Aira praecox. The presen…

A' Mhoine

…s in some areas. Other species, such as bog myrtle Myrica gale and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, are found in parts of the site. Much of the central area of A’ Mhoine shows a range of erosion features typical of relatively high altitude bogs in Caithness and Sutherland. Thi…

Parham Park

…rass Molinia caerulea, with scattered heather Calluna vulgaris and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum growing through a carpet of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. The moss Hypnum imponens also occurs here in probably its only Sussex locality. The relict bog passes into a formerly coppice…

Trelow Downs

…ussocks locally frequent species include bog mosses Sphagnum spp., bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, toad rush Juncus bufonius and soft rush Juncus effusu…

Holburn Lake and Moss

… Vaccinium oxycoccos, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The large heath butterfly Coenonympha tullia, which is nationally uncommon, has been found on the mire. The catchment slopes around the peat body include dry heathland, grasslan…

Lagganmullan

…ther, rarer, plant community where it is found in association with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and species such as quaking-grass Briza media and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Smaller areas of a scarce mire community dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia-caerul…

Wistman's Wood

…ted by soft rush Juncus effusus and with bog mosses Sphagnum spp., bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and marsh St John's wort Hypericum elodes. With the exception of a small fenced area of the wood …

Steelend Moss

…orum angustifolium together with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, both of which are scarce in Fife. To the west the peat becomes wetter with bog mosses and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix increasing in abundance. Towards the northern, easter…

Rathlin Island - Ballycarry

…ved heather Erica tetralix, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Larger hollows form peat-bottomed lakes where such species as bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and the bog mosses Sphagnum spp. are dominant. https://…

Troutbeck

…edge Carex echinata, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh violet Viola palustris, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and the moss Polytrichum commune. Mixed with the rush pastures, there are areas of shorter sedge dominated swa…

The Cliffs of Magho

…m cespitosum. Other species such as bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the rare oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia also occur. Lower plants include the moss Racomitrium lanuginosum, the liverwort Pl…

Blackdike Bog

… sedge Carex canescens are present. Acid damp heath plants such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia also occur. The central part of the bog is richer in soil nutrients, being fed by more calcareous wate…

Brynna a Wern Tarw

…oss-leaved heath, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, with an underlying carpet of bog-mosses. Both wet and humid heath are also present; the latter is distinguished by western gorse Ulex gallii, bristle bent Agrostis curtisii, sh…

Greenamoor

…flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh violet Viola palustris and petty whin Genista anglica. Additional species of interest include small numbers of lesser butterfly-orchid Platanthera bifolia, an orchid of d…

Rhosydd Nant Eithrim

…eton polygonifolius, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Broad-leaved cottongrass is widespread in the southern part of the site, found in the flushes and fen-meadow. Swampy areas in the valley bottom support taller vegetation with gr…

Beaford Moor

… gallii as sub-dominants. Characteristic associated plants include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, saw wort Serratula tinctoria, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and the local pale butterwort P…

Bere Stream

…eaved heath Erica tetralix, cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and several other typical ‘bog’ species. In certain areas, especially near the stream, taller sedges form dense stands with hemlock water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata. In these area…

Llwyn-iarth

…S. auriculatum typically with a patchy cover of purple moor-grass, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common sedge Carex nigra, carnation sedge C. panicea, and star sedge C. echinata. There are small areas of neutral flushes on the western side of the site, where acid loving bog…

Eryri

…aginatum, with deergrass, heath rush, heather, cross-leaved heath, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia occurring frequently. Areas of peat more strongly influenced by lateral water movement typically support vegetation dominanted by rus…

Rhos Rhyd-y-ceir

… cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, petty whin Genista anglica, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, tormentil Potentilla erecta and saw-wort Serratula tinctoria. More base-rich areas are characterised by an abundance of rushes, together with species such as sneezewort Achillea…

Common Moor Langtree

…erian Valeriana officinalis, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, southern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor and whorled caraway Carum verticillatum occur, the last having a nationally very restricted di…

Biglands Bog

… 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, great sundew Drosera anglica and bog sedge Carex limosa and the mos…

Rusland Valley Mosses

… white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba with Sphagnum cuspidatum while bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the uncommon bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia have become established in some of these. Sphagnum papillosum, Sphagnum plumulosum and S. tenellum form hummocks which often ris…

Priddy Pools

…moor grass Molinia caerulea, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The valley mire grades into the shallow nutrient poor northern pool which is fringed by swamp communities dominated by i water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, ii common spike ru…

Long Lye

…by heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata sub sp Cucetorum and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Other associates include common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, marsh violet Viola palustris and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi. A block of broadleaved woodland separate…

Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths

…tle Myrica gale. Wetter areas contain typical bog plants including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, whilst purple moor grass Molinia caerulea dominates much of the remainder. The valley bog at Wis…

Common Moor, East Putford

…rosera rotundifolia, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and common sedge Carex nigra. There are also two areas of wet grassy rush heath at either side of the moor, dominated by large tussocks of purp…

Comin Esgairmaen

…x. Flushes draining north-eastwards have a richer flora, including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Remarks: The site is registered as common land.

Cors Lawnt

…on cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, heather Calluna vulgaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. The wetter hollows contain a variety of acidic bog and flush communities, with bog-pondweed Potamogeton poly…

Cors Gorsgoch

…ved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Nearby is a rectangular man-made pond now filled with co-dominant bottle sedge Carex rostrata and water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile. The surrounding poor-fen here is dominate…

Cors Llyn Farch a Llyn Fanod

…he central wetter areas and the marginal old peat cuttings support bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and bog mosses Sphagnum spp. Palynological studies have shown that the bog has deve…

Pant y Panel

…Wetter pastures have common sedge Carex nigra, rushes Juncus spp., bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata. Other orchids found here include northern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza purperella, both species o…

Tyddyn y Waen

… the former species such as purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum occur, while in the latter black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans is locally abundant and the vegetation is more species-rich with a number of infrequent plants, e.g. broad-leaved cot…

Waun Fawr, Puncheston

…sedge Carex echinata, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The channels of the tiny streams are variously choked with marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes, floating club-rush Eleogiton fluitans, many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multi…

Cautley Thwaite Meadows and Ecker Secker Beck

…ss and purple moor grass. The most prominent higher plants include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, tormentil Potentilla erecta and marsh violet Viola palustris. This pasture is sedge rich, particularly the series of base rich dioecious sedge c…

The Stiperstones & The Hollies

…egetation. Also present are a number of peat land plants including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata and bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella as well as a variety of sedges; in particular common…

Brenscombe Heath

…the dominant ground cover with White beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia. In the south east, where there are well developed flushes with slightly base-rich water, black bog rush Schoenus nigr…

Whiteleigh Meadows

…s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia. The uncommon les…

Dark Peak

…nge of other vascular plants such as marsh violet Viola palustris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Common cotton grass mires typically hold sizeable populations of cranberry and some feature roundleaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, an…

Teal Lough Part II

…g-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, while the surrounding lawns of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum support a scattering of white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, interspersed with moss hummocks. The surrounding blanket bog is characterised by the greater abundance of dwarf-shrubs…

Scotton Common

…e species scarce in the county deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata and marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe. The two hundred species of moth include three nationally scarce species. Further invertebrate…

Bursdon Moor

…owards those characteristic of wet heath. Typical species here are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Bog violet Viola palustris, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, soft rush Juncus effusus and compact Rrush Juncus conglomeratus…

Simonside Hills

…us with the bog moss Sphagnum fallax or star sedge Carex echinata, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cross leaved heath. Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are particularly associated with gritstone crags and …

The Quantocks

…lustris, cross leaved heath, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, star sedge Carex echinata, mat grass Nardus stricta and Sphagnum spp. Much of the woodland within the site is ancient and semi natural, with three major stand types. Birch / se…

River Camel Valley and Tributaries

…re are transitions to valley mire characterised by species such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans, bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and a wide range of sedges Carex spp. There is also limited wet and humid heath development notably at Brynn Moor and…

Poors Common

…S. recurvum var. mucronatum, S. subnitens and Sphagnum cuspidatum; bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and the insectivorous sundew Drosera rotundifolia and pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica are a…

Brackagh Bog

…lium, heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, and bog mosses Sphagnum spp. The insectivorous sundews Drosera spp. are also associated with these bog and heath communities. Elsewhere, a tall fen meadow community has develop…

Forest Muir

… stricta bog moss Sphagnum compactum and common sedge Carex nigra. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and creeping willow Salix repens also occur. The drier areas of grassland are characterised by sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, common bent Agrostis capillaris, glaucous…

West Fannyside Moss

… oxycoccos as well as round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, both of which are uncommon in Lanarkshire. West Fannyside Moss forms part of the wider Slamannan Plateau, which attracts a nationally important population of taiga bean geese An…

Cleddon Bog

…bog habitat in Monmouthshire. It has a rich ground flora including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia which are plant species rare or local in the county. Remarks: Local Nature Reserve declared in May 1970. Within the Wye Valley Area …

Ash to Brookwood Heaths

…otton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum grow over deep peat. Other plants include oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, bog myrtle Myrica gale, sharp-flowered rush, marsh bog violet Viola palustris and Surrey rariti…

Stranacally

…d orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, common twayblade Neottia ovata and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre is widespread amongst the sward. The predominant mosses are glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium pu…

Moorthwaite Moss

…lowering plants tend to occur at lower frequency here although the bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum is locally abundant. The drier marginal peats of the site have mostly become colonised by woodland of Scot's pine and birch. Broad buckler fern and bilberry are characteristic of…

Lockshaw Mosses

… Vaccinium oxycoccos, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum occur frequently. The presence of white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, growing here at its only Fife locality and at the eastern limit of its distribution, and that of the moss Sp…

Waukenwae Moss

…mpetrum nigrum forms small patches and can be locally abundant and Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum is most frequent found in the runnels around the margins of the mire. Lesser butterfly-orchid Platanthera bifolia is also found within the site, which is listed within the Red Da…

Hesley Moss

…h canopies of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and cross leaved heath. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and sundew Drosera rotundifolia occur throughout the area. Pools and moss carpets are dominated by a range of actively growing bog mosses including Sphagnum papillosum, Sphagnum …

Threepwood Moss

…ophorum 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 hummocks (9 Sphagnum spp. recorded to date), and grades into a birch/willow carr al…

Turmennan

… Molinia caerulea, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum also present. Scattered pockets of species-rich wet grassland are dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and soft rush Juncus effusus. Areas of species-rich dry gras…

Rathlin Island - Kebble

…ude heath grass Danthonia decumbens, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragium and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum. Towards the sea cliffs with the increased influence of saltspray from the Atlantic Ocean, coastal heath has developed. This type of heath …

Barle Valley

…let Viola palustris, meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum and locally, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and lemon-scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma. Ashway Side and Whiterocks Down support mosaics of acid grassland and heathland dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and…

Snelsmore Common

…m, the last species confined to only two other sites in Berkshire. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are also locally abundant. Other species typically associated with this habitat include heath spotted orchid Dactyl…

Hare's Down, Knowstone & Rackenford Moors

…le bent Agrostis curtisii, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and heath-spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum. A moss layer dominated by Sphagnum occurs over most of the area with S. papillosum and Sphagnum compactum being …

Black Hill Heath

…ed dominated by a range of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and including bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and, locally, bog myrtle Myrica gale. The margin of woodland ranges from wet common sallow Salix cinerea and birch carr over tussocks o…

Blue Pool and Norden Heaths

…nce of plants such as common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. Open water in bog and clay pools supports aquatic species such as bog pond…

Fachwen Isaf

…ather-moss Campylium stellatum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and bog groove-moss Aulacomnium palustre, which further adds to the diversity and interest of the fen-meadow grassland. As the soils become freer-dr…

Comin Silian

…opped by a canopy of sharp-flowered rush together with star sedge, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and marsh violet Viola palustris. Neutral flushes support an interesting combination of species, including the bog-mosses Sphagnum teres, Sphagnum contortum and S. papillosum, wi…

Pinbain Burn to Cairn Hill

… sedge C. pulicaris and star sedge C. echinata, with herbs such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Along old drainage lines, and in natural soakways where base-rich flushing is more pronounced, the vegetation is dominated by black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans, with common butt…

Lough Formal

…ss leaved heath Erica tetralix, cotton-grasses Eriophorum spp. and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. In places where the ground is wetter, red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium forms a prominent layer below. In places greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica is dominant, growing with b…

Armboth Fells

…undew Drosera rotundifolia, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris. Yellow saxifrage is occasional in this community, although often abundant when present. Grange Fell has a different character to the r…

Dersingham Bog

…ts are present including round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Small bog pools are common in this zone which is widest at the southern end of the site. Within the mire ar…

Creag Dhubh

…urs on the wet flushes on lower ground, growing in a rush – bog asphodel Juncus-Narthecium ossifragum bog.

Coldingham Common, Long Moss

…ntergreen Pyrola minor, chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. A relatively high number of bog-mosses (Sphagnum spp.) occur for a poor fen in the Borders. The locally rare large heath butterfly Coenonymp…

Hisehope Burn Valley

…, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum occur locally in wetter, flushed areas within the mire. To the east of the Hisehope Burn there is one of the most extensive stands of juniper in County Durham. It is of an uneven…

Moss of Crombie

…hens are unusually abundant on much of the uncut bog. In addition, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum is frequent in the more sphagnum-rich areas, where the locally uncommon greater sundew Drosera anglica and the rare moss Dicranum polysetum also occur. Wet cut-over areas have la…

East Dartmoor

…n Menyanthes trifoliata, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Uncommon plants found on the site include stag’s-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum and black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans. Moorland birds such as red grouse Lagopus lagopus, sni…

Cotherstone Moor

…um. Additional floristic interest is provided by the occurrence of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. Over large areas there are well developed hummocks of Sphagnum moss amidst such …

Wedholme Flow

…asional creeping mats of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Patches 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 throughou…

Shapwick Heath

…il 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 hederacea. Drier parts of the ancient bog surface are now colonise…

Offerance Moss

…und-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Sphagnum mosses such as Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. capillifolium, Sphagnum magellanicum and S. tenellum are also common across the moss.

Slop Bog and Uddens Heath

…ge Rhynchospora alba, the rare brown beak sedge Rhyncospora fusca, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia. The uncommon mud sedge Carex limosa occurs very locally on bare wet peat in these cuttings. The dominant vegetation o…

Castle Bottom to Yateley and Hawley Commons

…era rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, dodder Cuscuta epithymum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella. The site supports at least 19 species of dragonfly and * damselfly out of a total of 37 resident species in Britain. These include two nation…

Plumstone Mountain

…iculatum and S. tenellum are all present along with plants such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, saw-wort Serratula tinctoria, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis. The marshy grasslands are dominated by purple moor-grass and s…

Upton Heath

…phagnum pulchrum. Common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are frequent and black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans is locally common. Higher land supports dry heathland of the western gorse Ulex gallii – bristle bent Agrostis curtisii type c…

Town Common

…s are more floristically rich. Among the 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 …

Sound Heath

…d sundew Drosera rotundifolia, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Several areas of bog moss Sphagnum spp. occur together with cushions of the moss Leucobryum glaucum which is also rare in Cheshire. Drier areas contain less cross leaved heath a…

Frosses Bog

…ollows between the hummocks are characterised by the prominence of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum with occasional white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Sphagnum papillosum and occasional Sphagnum magellanicum occur in these hollows. The abundance of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccu…

Thursley, Hankley & Frensham Commons

…ling dominates the drier hummocks with cross leaved heath, rushes, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, Sphagnum mosses, long leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and common sundew Drosera rotundifolia in the hollows. Peatland Habitats These habitats are typically found in waterlogge…

Merthen Wood

…ocally notable white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. Species such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium and carnation sedge Carex panicea occur frequently. Creeping willow Salix repens and mat-gra…

Parley Common

…eaved heath Erica tetralix and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, bog asphodel Narthecium 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…

Shirgarton Moss

…edge Rhynchospora alba, as well as sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum.

Deadman

… hummock and hollow systems. These are penetrated by the spikes of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum. Sphagnum hummocks are frequently colonized by round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, mars…

Frondeg

…er species present here include cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, deer-grass Trichophorum cespitosium and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, together with frequent Sphagnum mosses. By contrast, the fields to the west of the road suppo…

Pen-y-graig-goch

… tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris, saw-wort Serratula tinctoria, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and petty whin Genista anglica, often with a carpet of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. Also present, mainly at the edges of fields, are small areas of wetter and more tussocky fen-meado…

Afon Cleddau Gorllewinol / Western Cleddau River

…earby flushes containing round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, marsh cinquefoil Comarum pa…

Cae Ffos-yr-odyn

…cetorum, twayblade Neottia ovata, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and creeping willow Salix repens. In contrast, the steeper slopes are drier, and support a herb-rich sward. Of particular importance is the local abundance of fragrant orchid Gym…

Cae Blaen-dyffryn

…us. A few small areas of flushed vegetation are also present, with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, together with sedges such as carnation sedge Carex panicea, star sedge C. echinata and common yellow-sedge…

Bodmin Moor, North

…hinata – Sphagnum fallax/auriculatum mire (star sedge – Sphagnum moss mire) and Narthecium ossifragum – Sphagnum papillosum valley mire (bog asphodel – Sphagnum moss mire). These have been frequently subjected to burning and intense grazing pressure. Throughout the moor a number …

Hothfield Common

…owering plant are present which are very scarce in Kent, including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh St John’s wort Hypericum elodes, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia; flea sedge Carex pulicaris and cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. The relict bogs are now d…

East Nidderdale Moors (Flamstone Pin - High Ruckles)

…og vegetation persists and supports cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross leaved heath, bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and occasionally, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Flushes and rills, particularly on Grewelthorpe Moor support bog pimper…

Okehampton Park Flush

…hwestern Britain. It is also notable for unusually large stands of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, and for the presence of several uncommon plant and insect species. The field, which faces north-west, lies on the northern edge of Dartmoor on metamorphosed Carboniferous shale…

Cilybebyll

… Molinia caerulea together with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Where springs meet the surface, the vegetation is frequently dominated by mosses such as Polytrichum commune, Sphagnum auricula…

Cors y Sychnant

…phagnum palustre and S. recurvum, and associated wetter areas with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. At the southern end of the bog are more nutrient-rich areas with the mosses Scorpidium scorpioides and Scorp…

Cannock Chase

…a rotundifolia, few flowered spikerush Eleocharis quinqueflora and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Locally, nutrient enriched spring water gives rise to flushed ground rich in sedges and flowering plants including such uncommon species as dioecious sedge Carex dioica, long s…

Cors Gyfelog

…ays with a more acidic character, where associated species include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bladderworts Utricularia spp., marsh St. John's wort Hypericum elodes, many-stemmed spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, star sedge Carex echinata and bog pondweed Potamogeton pol…

Corsydd Nug a Merddwr

…ecies that occur frequently include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, carnation sedge Carex panicea, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, tormentil Potentilla erecta and the liverwort Ordontoschisma sphagni which trails amongst the bog-mosses. Sphagnum m…

Courthouse Grasslands

…s cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, saw-wort Serratula tinctoria, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the bog-moss Sphagnum auriculatum. This grades into small areas of wet heath, where cross-leaved heath, heather Calluna vulgaris and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum are pro…

Stokeford Heaths

…r-grass and cross-leaved heath are again common but are found with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, several bog mosses including Sphagnum papillosum and the nationally scarce Sphagnum pulchrum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium.…

Ingleborough

…ith sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. There is a fine series of limestone pavements at Colt Park the pavement is tree covered and dominated by ash Fraxinus excelsior, while at Southerscales the lower wooded pavement…

Holt and West Moors Heaths

…ommunities also have common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the rare brown beak sedge Rhyncospora fusca. common gorse Ulex europaeus, downy birch Betula pubescens and Scot's pine Pinus sylvestris oc…

Elenydd

…th Erica tetralix, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia, here near the southern end of its range, occurs in several locations. Three particularly interesting localities within the site are the watersh…

Whim Bog

…ather-cotton grass vegetation including crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Nine species of bog moss Sphagnum are also known to be present, including the rare S.fuscum. The pres…

Gweunydd Ty'n-y-Llidiart

… purple moor-grass is accompanied by tormentil and species such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh violet Viola palustris, ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea and bog-mosses Sphagnum spp. – to a series of ‘heathy’ flushes where deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum…

Landford Bog

…num magellanicum, which is only known from this site in Wiltshire, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. Among the plant community are species which are rare and decreasing in Wiltshire including marsh St Joh…

Lough Corr

…. Other herbs include common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis. There are also some localised pockets of willow Salix scrub and occasional downy birch Betula pubescens. Wet flushes are prevalent in t…

Largalinny

…blanket bog, which are indicated by the prominence of species like bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. Largalinny Lough is a small oligotrophic lake with an aquatic plant community which includes lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor…

Inkpen Common

…inage, containing plants such as meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and petty whin Genista anglica. The Common includes areas of woodland dominated by birch Betula pendula, which tends to spread at the expense of the heathland. Bracken Pteridium…

Nichols Moss

…cteristic peat land plants which bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The uncommon oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia has also been reco…

Black Down and Sampford Commons

…ng 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. Small carr woodlands are present on the poorly drained soils along …

Borlasevath and Retallack Moor

…bog moss cover especially Sphagnum papillosum, with more abundant bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum), round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) and common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium). Further complexity is provided by seepage waters leading to isolated small flush…

Cropple How Mire

… land plants such as common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog myrtle Myrica gale and devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis over Sphagnum mosses and shallow peat. To th…

Dimmings Dale & The Ranger

… cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The lowland heath, another threatened habitat, is typically dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, and supports two notable bilberry feeding mo…

Brimham Rocks

…th Erica tetralix and occasionally, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and marsh violet Viola palustris together with water blinks Montia fontana, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum occur in a water logged area as…

Mynydd Llangyndeyrn

…es, royal fern Osmunda regalis, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and cross-leaved heath. The site as a whole provides breeding habitat for a variety of birds, notably curlew, stonechat and grasshopper warbler. Ca…

Lampert Mosses

… cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and roundleaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The nationally scarce bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia occurs frequently. Tall bog sedge Carex magellanica, another nationally scarce…

Biller Howe Dale

…in which significant populations of bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, abundant Sphagnum spp. and white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba occur. The dale is noted for its orchid colonies, particularly heath spotted o…

Rhos Llawr Cwrt

…liverwort Aneura pinquis. There are also areas of valley mire with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the bog-moss S. papillosum prominent, with swamp communities dominated by greater tussock-sedge Carex paniculata or reed canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea. The site supports …

Oakers Bog

…num magellanicum also occurs. The bog vegetation includes frequent bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius are common in the shal…

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

…leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the nationally rare bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia in some abundance. In the least disturbed areas, Sphagnum hummocks, particularly of S…

Cadair Idris

…pes on Mynydd Pencoed and by the side of Nant Cadair and Llyn Cau. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, rosettes of round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, and carpets of the mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. capillifolium add diversity to this vegetation. On the lower slopes ar…

Tarn Hows

… beak sedge Rhynchospora alba with sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum to drier variants with heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Lying within the mos…

Caudbeck Flow

…e Carex echinata, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are common. The second and most important bog type is that found on the plateau of Side Fell. Here, because of the topography, the water table is higher resulting in an almost co…

Lough Alaban

…luna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and herbs such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. In places, the bog moss Sphagnum spp. cover is high, dominated by papillose bog moss Sphagnum papillosum, red bog moss Sphagnum capi…

Moneygal Bog Part II

…e pool margins are typically dominated by 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, erico…

Silver Tarn, Hollas and Harnsey Mosses

…estricted to the periphery. Additional species include orchids and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum associated with the Sphagnum lawns and bogbean. Carr woodland is typically associated with the fringes of the open mire communities and is particularly well developed at Hollas M…

McKean's Moss

…h frequent white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and locally abundant bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, especially in the wettest hollows. A series of linear fractures and pools occur here, supporting Sphagnum cuspidatum, with frequent common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. …

Finglandrigg Woods

…s there is also some bog moss, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog myrtle Myrica gale, but the outstanding feature of the heath is the occurrence of good quantities of dwarf gorse Ulex minor. Finglandrigg has the largest of several outly…

Kielder Mires

…rry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and numerous sedges and bryophytes, including Sphagnum magellanicum and Sphagnum papillosum. Two nationally scarce species, tall bog sedge Carex magellanica and Sphagnum imbrica…

Bochel Wood

…ttongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus and bog mosses.

Waen Rydd

… by species such as star sedge Carex echinata, common cottongrass, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh violet Viola palustris, tormentil and bulbous rush amongst abundant bog moss Sphagnum auriculatum var. auriculatum and S. papillosum. The north-western field also supports…

Rhosydd Nant-yr-henfron

…caris, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, cross-leaved heath, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and tawny sedge Carex hostiana. The wet heath vegetation also contains abundant purple moor-grass, but it is accompanied by frequent deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, cross-leav…

Derrycloony Lough

…by heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Other semi-natural habitats provide further structural diversity. In more elevated areas, the fen grades into fen meadow. This is dominated by carnation sedge Carex panicea, gla…

Kismeldon Meadows

…etter parts bog mosses, principally Sphagnum papillosum occur with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. Another community is characterised by abundant dwarf shrub species namely heather Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetr…

Rhos Fullbrook

…-rush Luzula multiflora, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. This wetter grassland community also contains an abundance of lesser butterfly-orchid Platanthera bifolia, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum, dyer’s gre…

Blackslade Mire

…especially in the areas of shorter vegetation. These herbs include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, several sedges mainly star sedge Carex echinata, common sedge C…

Rhosydd Llanwrthwl

…on 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 this community the regionally scarce petty whin Genista anglica is l…

Rhos Hen-Glyn-Isaf

…leaved heath Erica tetralix, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor, devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, saw-wort Serratula tinctoria, globeflower Trollius europaeus and a large colony of marsh helleborine E…

Braehead Moss

…er. In the hollows Sphagnum cuspidatum and S. recurvum occur, with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and cross-leaved heath. The ridge in the middle of the site is the best area in terms of Sphagnum species richness. The typical, actively growing bog surface provides a habitat f…

Peatlands Park

… interspersed with lawns of white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, the former being quite extensive in places. Along the edge of the intact bog where the peat surface has dried, the vegetation becomes ranker and less diverse, with a sward of ta…

Outley Mosses

…nnywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, marsh willowherb Epilobium palustre, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, marsh bird’s foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and watermint Mentha aquatica. Where grazing does not occur…

Gentleshaw Common

…stifolium, star sedge Carex echinata, tormentil Potentilla erecta, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The last three are all rare in Staffordshire. Birch Betula spp. and oak Quercus spp. have thinly col…

Craig Wen / Cors Castell

…grass Trichophorum cespitosum, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and creeping willow Salix repens as frequent associates; in drier areas both bell heather Erica cinerea and western gorse Ulex gallii are abundant. Two uncommon heathland plant s…

Oughtershaw and Beckermonds

…le moor grass Molinia caerulea, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and tormentil Potentilla erecta grow in association with bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and star moss Polytrichum commune. Other Information During the 1989 revision the boundary has …

Ruttersleigh

…iated with springlines and runnels, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh St John's wort Hypericum elodes, grow together with bog mosses such as Sphagnum auriculatum where conditions are most acidic. Where conditions are less acidic species such…

Stonethwaite Woods

…w flushes dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, marsh violet Viola palustris, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and various bog mosses Sphag…

Mynydd Ystyfflau-Carn

…so occur. Across the centre of the heath is an elongate flush with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, hare’s-tail cottongrass and the two bog-mosses, Sphagnum papillosum and S. tenellum. Nearby, low man-made mounds of archaeological interest are covered with a light scrub of dow…

Rhos Talglas a Chors yr Hafod

…ommon sedge Carex nigra, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, the moss Polytrichum commune and in places bottle sedge Carex rostrata or tawny sedge Carex hostiana also occur here. The north-east part of the site, together with smaller scat…

Waun Fawr, Ty Ddewi (St David's)

…areas and basic depressions in the centre of the site support much bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and a little many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and l…

Waun Goch, Penrhiw-Caradog

…s of more acidic conditions and here saw-wort Serratula tinctoria, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog-mosses Sphagnum spp. occur. Other areas of wet ground, where the conditions are less base–rich, support rush-pasture dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, …

Bradworthy Common

… palustre. The area is also atypical in exhibiting an abundance of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and of sedges, particularly star sedge Carex echinata and caranation sedge C. panicea, the latter forming pure mats in places. Ditches and rivulets support species such as marsh …

Brothers Water

…era rotundifolia, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The narrow unimproved marshy fringe at the northern lake edge resembles that to the south with the important addition of globe flower Trollius europaeus which is also present in…

Cae Maes-y-ffynnon

…ernel Anagallis tenella, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum and marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, together with several species of sedge. Remarks: Within the Brecon Beacon National Park.

East Devon Pebblebed Heaths

…us acutiflorus. Other species associated with the wetter areas are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, sundews Drosera spp., pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and the club-moss Lycopodiella inundata…

Cawthorn Moor

…tchy distribution in England and uncommon in the North York Moors. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and two insectivorous plants, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, are also found together…

Oxenber and Wharfe Woods

… are accompanied by herbs such as marsh marigold Caltha palustris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and marsh valerian Valeriana dioica. Reference, Ward, S. D. and Evans, D. F. 1976. Conservation Assessment of British Limestone Pavements …

Newlyn Downs

…myrtle Myrica gale, occasional western gorse and, less frequently, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, creeping willow Salix repens, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and royal fern Osmunda regalis. Dorset heath occurs in greater abundance in the…

Southmoor Farm

…er and most acidic, patches of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. occur with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium. The site in part has been traditionally managed for hay and supports a mesotrophic plant community not known elsewhere in Devon…

Whitchurch Down

…utterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, bog ashphodel Narthecium ossifragum and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. The site also supports a rare plant of interest for being well away from its main centre of distribution. Where pools of water collect, bo…

Whitmoor Common

…aracteristic plants occur in the areas of wet heath. These include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and marshclubmoss Lycopodiella inundata. The marsh gentian Gentiana…

Horsell Common

… growing amongst these include white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Another area of bog at Horsell birch supports marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, yellow flag iris Iris pseudacorus, the largest S…

West Pennine Moors

…hes, including species infrequently encountered elsewhere, such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white sedge Carex canescens, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and marsh violet Viola palustris. Of greater rarity is the suite of lime rich flushes, such as Belmont Head Fl…

Cranborne Common

…ata and marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe. In the wettest places bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum is frequent, together with several species of Sphagnum including S. papillosum and the local Sphagnum magellanicum. Brown beak sedge Rhynchospora fusca, a nationally scarce plant…

Roydon Common

…other interesting species including cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and all three species of sundew Drosera spp. The peats get progressively more alkaline near the drainage axis and a zone of calcareo…

Swineholes Wood and Black Heath

…es Sphagnum spp. and willows Salix spp. Less common plants include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh violet Viola palustris and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum. In contrast to the thin scatter of trees on Black Heath there is extensive cover of semi-natural broadleave…

Murrins

…th 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 tenellum and locally frequent hummocks of …

Lough Navar Scarps and Lakes

…onmz cespitosllm with herbs such as bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia. Lower plants include a range of bog mosses Sphagnum spp., in addition to species such as w…

Coille Coire Chuilc

…idic mire communities in which purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and sedges Carex species are common, with a very high ground cover of mosses, notably the bog-mosses Sphagnum species. Where water movement occurs stands of bog myrtle Myrica gal…

Caldanagh Bog

…ngrass Eriophorum vaginatum, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The relative abundance of these species tends to vary according to the wetness of the surface. Additional species which are also well represented include locally frequent crowbe…

Ballynahone Bog

…e prominence of such species as cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifraqum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, over a Sphagnum moss carpet dominated by Sphagnum papillosum and Sphagnum magellanicum. The a…

Straghans Lough

…gustifolium and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, with occasional bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and sphagnum bog-mosses. Patches of wet woodland are dominated by grey willow Salix cinerea and downy birch Betul…

Annaghagh Bog

…lawns" have an abundance of white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, with a more scattered coverage of dwarf shrubs and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. Where permanent pools have developed, especially in the region of the better deve…

Hulland Moss

…of peat. This is covered by abundant bog mosses Sphagnum spp. with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh violet Viola palustris and marsh valerian Valeriana dioica. In the wetter areas marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius are abunda…

Keston and Hayes Commons

…mmon cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. A strong population of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum is also found here in its only London locality. Water draining from the mire becomes slightly enriched as it traverses Ravensbourne Meadows and in conjunction with more localised…

Mungrisdale Mires

…n cotton grass, hare's tail cotton grass, cranberry, bog rosemary, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, heather, cross leaved heath, bog mosses, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. There is also a small area of birch woodland in the centre of th…

Dunaree Hill

… with heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, with a…

Gweunydd Blaencleddau

…ge Carex echinata, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, are characteristic of the more acidic areas. Where the spring water is less acidic, a more diverse flora has developed. Dioecious sedge Carex dioica, marsh St John’s-wort Hyperi…

Blelham Tarn & Bog

…uch as purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, bog myrtle Myrica gale, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, the bog mosses Sphagnum papillosum and Sphagnum plumulosum interspersed with common reed. Scattered birch and common sallow bushes are present over all of the area of the bog. A…

Gwaun Cilgwyn

…clude heather Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and various sedges Carex spp. Remarks: The site is registered as common land.

Rhos Goch (Rhos Goch Common)

…a tetralix. The bog-moss Sphagnum subnitens occurs locally as does bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Deeper pools contain bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor. A second type of bog pool is common nearer to the edges of the raised mire…

Yarner Wood & Trendlebere Down

…ley mire vegetation with round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and southern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. The site supports a rich bryophyte flora and over 100 species of lichens have b…

Mortlach Moss

…an Menyanthes trifoliata, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia.

Loughrigg Fell Flushes

…where abundant viviparous fescue Festuca vivipara also occurs with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix. Running through this area are several stony bottomed rivulets which have grass and sedge lawns growing between them. The characteristic pl…

Tarn Moss

…sh bedstraw Galium palustre, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and abundant cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. In places where the ground water is richer in nutrients there is also a richer fen vegetation which includes such species as bog sedge…

South Exmoor

…hagnum capillifolium, Sphagnum fallax and Sphagnum papillosum) and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum is common. On strongly flushed slopes of Winsford Hill there is a variant, rarely found elsewhere on Exmoor, in which cross-leaved heath and common cottongrass Eriophorum angusti…

Luscombe Valley

… the nationally scarce Sphagnum pulchrum, and other plants such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia. The mire vegetation grades into common reed Phragmi…

Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath

…pillifolium, amongst which a diverse bog flora grows, dominated 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 …

Gilmoor and Moorlands

…oria. In the wettest areas where rushes Juncus spp. are abundant, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes occur. The areas of scrub are dominated by young birch Betula pendula and sallow Salix spp. which…

Studland & Godlingston Heaths

…h variety of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. including Sphagnum pulchrum. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium are widespread; black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans and long-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia are abundant in places and the rare br…

Buinach and Glenlatterach

…s (sphagnum species), round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. A few kettle holes contain “poor fen” with bottle sedge Carex rostrata, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and Sphagnum palustre.

Frog Wood Bog

… caerulea, carnation sedge Carex panicea, flea sedge C. pulicaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. In the second area soft rush Juncus effusus and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum are locally do…

Mynydd Epynt

…sed by plants such as common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, star sedge Carex echinata and the bog moss Sphagnum recurvum agg., whilst more nutrient-rich springs support a variety of small sedges a…

Carrine Common & Penwethers

…ricans; together with a rich wetland flora including Dorset heath, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and bogbean Menyanthes t…

Thrasher's Heath

…n Menyanthes trifoliata, cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The pools complete the transition from dry heath and support aquatic plants typical of acidic waters including bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and pondweeds Potamogeton spp. They h…

Rhosydd Llanddona

…h. petty whin Genista anglica is widespread within the mire, as is bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, greater bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and at least six small sedge species are amongst the wide range of plants present within t…

Glen Lochay Woods

…or grass Molinia caerulea, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and Sphagnum species such as S. papillosum. On the lower slopes with deeper soils ancient sessile oak occurs and becomes co-dominant with birch…

Ham Common

…und water from above, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, star sedge Carex echinata, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris and royal fern Osmunda regalis occur. There are small quantities of the bog-mosses Sphagnum tenellum and S. fimb…

Chobham Common

…olia, oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, 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 bo…

Swindale Meadows

…cies present include common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, common sundew Drosera rotundifolia and butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris.

Raeburn Flow

…m nigrum and the lichen Cladonia portentosa are also frequent, and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia are locally common. Birch Betula pubescens and willow Salix sp., scrub and more open areas dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea fo…

Tor Royal Bog

…sles. Other plant species characteristic of the mire community are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, deer sedge Trichophorum cespitosum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. A water course flows south-east…

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