Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Rhos Goch (Rhos Goch Common)

…ommunities are present. The first is characterised by carpets of the bog-mosses Sphagnum auriculatum and Sphagnum cuspidatum, along with frequent common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. The bog-m…

Hesley Moss

…the wetter areas, which predominate over the mire sustain carpets of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. beneath canopies of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and cross leaved heath. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and sundew Drosera rotundifolia occur throughout the area. Pools and moss carp…

Perchhall Loch

…rrounding this is another floating community dominated by a range of bog mosses Sphagnum spp, including Sphagnum squarrosum, Sphagnum recurvum and Sphagnum palustre with hummocks of Sphagnum papillosum, Sphagnum subnitens and the uncommon Sphagnum teres. Bottle sedge Carex rostra…

Bankhead Moss, Beith

…ws, and supports several species of bog-mosses, the most prevalent of which are Sphagnum papillosum and Sphagnum magellanicum. Subtle variations in the microtopography, which are mirrored by local variations in the water table, control the distribution of additional Sphagnum spec…

Ochtertyre Moss

…Habitats of this type are nationally rare and declining. The mire supports open Sphagnum lawns and peat pools, with the former being amongst the most extensive of their type in the Stirling Council area. A variety of bog mosses are found on the site, including Sphagnum squarrosum…

Drumlougher Lough

…ite sedge Carex curta and common sedge Carex nigra occur over a dense carpet of Sphagnum palustre, Sphagnum squarrosum, Sphagnum recurvum and Sphagnum subnitens, with frequent bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. The wide range of other semi-natural habitats provides further structural…

Waen Rydd

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

Selshion

…port beds of submerged broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans. The bog-mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum and Sphagnum recurvum are frequent. The surrounding fen communities are composed of floating mats of acidic vegetation dominated by bottle sedge Carex rostrata and including specie…

Cors y Llyn

… mosaic of hollows and hummocks. The hollows support an abundance of bog-mosses Sphagnum spp., particularly Sphagnum recurvum, with frequent common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and occasional heather Calluna vulgaris, round-leaved sundew…

Heysham Moss

…og rosemary Andromeda polifolia is also present. The characteristic bog mosses, Sphagnum sp., found on the site include S. recurvum, Sphagnum papillosum, Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. subnitens, S. tenellum and Sphagnum magellanicum. At the northern end of the bog is an area of birch w…

Cors Cae'r Neuadd

…ty characterised by an abundance of bottle sedge Carex rostrata, the bog-mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. palustre, S. recurvum and S. subnitens, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, with frequent…

Foulshaw Moss

…f raised bogs known as the cross leaved heath bog moss community Erica tetralix Sphagnum papillosum community, although the balance of the species has been modified by the drier peats of the moss. Ling Calluna vulgaris and bog myrtle Myrica galeform a shrubby canopy amongst abund…

Cumwhitton Moss

…aried in base and nutrient status. The more acidic communities are dominated by Sphagnum fallax, common, white and bottle sedges Carex nigra, Carex canescens and Carex rostrata or soft rush Juncus effusus; whereas prominent amongst the more nutrient rich fen are greater tussock s…

Spadeadam Mires

…ceptional quality having large areas of undamaged surface dominated by bog moss Sphagnum species. Agricultural reclamation, afforestation and peat exploitation have restricted the quality and extent of this habitat in Britain. The mires are largely dominated by Sphagnum species …

Moneygal Bog Part II

…ermanently waterlogged and the main feature of interest is a well-defined dome. Sphagnum hummocks and a well-developed system of pools are arranged concentrically around the site of an old bog burst. The intact dome supports frequent hummocks of the notable Sphagnum imbricatum an…

Rhos Llawr Cwrt

…ongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, the bog-mosses Sphagnum recurvum, S. auriculatum and S. palustre and the moss Aulacomnium palustre are prominent. Creeping willow Salix repens is present. Two enclosures within the western block support semi-improve…

Cadair Idris

… mosses such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus, R. squarrosus, Hylocomium splendens and Sphagnum capillifolium; wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, hard fern Blechnum spicant, and foxgloves Digitalis purpurea can be found. Where the soils are slightly d…

Rhosydd Yerbeston / Yerbeston Moors

…s linifolius and heath-grass Danthonia decumbens. Carpets of bog moss including Sphagnum recurvum and Sphagnum auriculatum mark out groundwater seepage zones known as flushes. Species such as marsh violet Viola palustris and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium are charact…

Breen Wood

…he dominant moss, with typically calcifugous species such as Dicranum majus and Sphagnum quinquefarium. On the lower slopes of the ridges the soils are less freely-draining and wetter. Leaching is not so pronounced here. This results in an increase in species diversity in both th…

Cors Nantcwnlle

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

Snelsmore Common

…he abundance of common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and the bog mosses Sphagnum capillifolium, S. recurvum and Sphagnum magellanicum, the last species confined to only two other sites in Berkshire. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the insectivorous round leaved sun…

Slieve Gullion

…ssifragum, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, carnation sedge Carex panicea and sphagnum bog-mosses, including the uncommon species Sphagnum compactum. This community is associated with wet, acidic soils and like the western gorse Ulex gallii heath, it is usually confined to the …

Crossbane Lough

…abious Succisa pratencis occur locally, growing over a moss leyerr dominated by Sphagnum palustre and Sphagnum recurvum. Much of the area to the south and east of the lough is covered by heathland vegetation and cut-over bog, dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and cross leave…

Eryri

…ather Erica cinerea in varying amounts. The ground layer can support the mosses Sphagnum capillifolium, Hylocomium splendens, Racomitrium lanuginosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and various lichens of the Cladonia family. In the various types of montane heath, mosses such as R. lanu…

Muckle Moss

…e western end remains high and here the central soak is dominated by bog mosses Sphagnum magellanicum, S. papillosum, S. recurvum, Sphagnum cuspidatum with hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, heather Calluna vulgaris and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix on the ridges …

Kirkby Moor

…Juncus effusus or sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus over lawns of the bog moss Sphagnum fallax and Polytrichum commune. More species rich acidic flushes occur on the margins of the valley mires dominated by common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium over Sphagnum papillosum, w…

Landford Bog

…ondition of the bog. The botanically rich bog areas are dominated by bog mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. papillosum, S. recurvum and Sphagnum magellanicum, which is only known from this site in Wiltshire, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and pu…

South Dartmoor

…ighest ground, characterised by the presence of abundant bog mosses, especially Sphagnum papillosum, S. auriculatum, S. capillifolium, and Sphagnum magellanicum along with flowering plants such as common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare’s-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum va…

Longmoor Bog

…round is carpeted by mosses, particularly the moderately shade tolerant species Sphagnum fimbriatum, one of eight species of bog moss occurring. Other species, including the mosses Orthotrichum lyelli and Ulota crispa, grow on trees as do the liverworts Microlejeunea ulicina and …

Black Snib

…angustifolium, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and the bog mosses Sphagnum papillosum, S. capillifolium and Sphagnum magellanicum. In all there are twenty one species of bog moss Sphagnum recorded, including the nationally scarce Sphagnum pulchrum. Other species pr…

Poors Common

…keria lucens, Calliergonell cuspidatum, Kindbergia praelonga and the bog mosses Sphagnum squarrosum, S. subsecundum var inundatum and S. capillifolium. The trees themselves support a varied lichen flora including species strongly indicative of a long history of continuity of old …

Troutbeck

…wo distinct types, the soft rush marsh bedstraw fen and the star sedge bog moss Sphagnum fallax/auriculatum mire. Both generally develop on waterlogged peaty soil, the former in more nutrient rich situations, but the two can occur in close proximity. The soft rush marsh bedstraw …

Scaleby Moss

…he locus for the characteristic raised mire communities dominated by bog mosses Sphagnum species. It is the slow upward growth of these wet loving bog mosses that lays down the raised mire peat over the centuries and so their survival is vital to any raised mire system. At Scaleb…

Black Park

…nghamshire, is situated along the feeder stream to the lake. Here, water logged sphagnum bog with Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum occurs beneath alder some coppiced and downy birch. The ground flora is varied, with the locally common marsh violet Viola palustris and other spec…

Dilty Moss

…um vaginatum interspersed with wetter areas and pools. These contain a range of Sphagnum mosses including Sphagnum cuspidatum, Sphagnum magellanicum, S. fimbricatum and S. recurvum and other bog plants such as common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, cross-leaved heath Erica …

Biglands Bog

…ler but clearly delimited and consists of a flat 'lawn' of bog mosses including Sphagnum capillifolium, Sphagnum magellanicum, S. tenellum, S. recurvum and S. euspidatum. Vascular plants include heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxy…

Mungrisdale Mires

…d raised bogs known as the cross leaved heath bog moss community Erica tetralix Sphagnum papillosum community and also characteristically small but widespread areas of a bog pool community Sphagnum cuspidatum / recurvum community. The pools typically contain the bog moss Sphagnum…

Woolmer Forest

…se wet heath areas are also characterised by the presence of bog mosses such as Sphagnum compactum, carnivorous plants such as sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia and cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, which is un…

Afon Eden - Cors Goch Trawsfynydd

…eserved sequence includes abundant remains of the classic peat-forming bog moss Sphagnum austinii. Both of the ombrogenous peatland units occur within a wider peatland landscape which includes significant areas of modified and unmodified blanket bog on peats of varying thickness …

Cwm Cyffog

…nty of Mid Glamorgan. The mire is dominated by Molinia caerulea with a range of Sphagnum species which reflect variations in hydrological conditions throughout the bog. White beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba is a locally rare species here found in association with Sphagnum recurvum.

Upper Nantserth Pasture

…lata subsp. ericetorum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog-mosses Sphagnum spp.. Scattered acidic flushes are dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, with frequent purple moor-grass along with the bog-moss Sphagnum recurvum, velvet bent Agrostis canina,…

Gweunydd Nant y Dernol

…cid flushes are also dominated by sharp-flowered rush over a carpet of bog moss Sphagnum recurvum and star sedge Carex echinata. Small patches of wet heath support species such as cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, deer-grass Trichophorum cespitosum, bog mosses Sphagnum spp., bil…

Mynydd Ystyfflau-Carn

…osus, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and two species of bog-moss, Sphagnum capillifolium and Sphagnum cuspidatum. Drier areas have tormentil Potentilla erecta and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. Damp hollows support cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and crowberry Empetrum…

Cors Llyn Farch a Llyn Fanod

…of clumps of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and tall cushions of the mosses Sphagnum recurvum and Polytrichum commune, with a heathy community on the drier margins. The central wetter areas and the marginal old peat cuttings support bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh c…

Carn Gafallt

…y. In wetter areas, the vegetation is characterised by an abundance of bog moss Sphagnum species and corresponds to the cross-leaved heath - Sphagnum papillosum blanket mire community. This occurs near the common's summit where there is a mosaic of bog communities including, in t…

Cors Llyn Coethlyn

…g three vegetation types of outstanding interest – extensive areas of bog-moss (Sphagnum spp.) lawn, mesotrophic areas with slender sedge Carex lasiocarpa, and birch/willow carr (Betula pubescens/Salix cinerea). The core of the site is centred around the small water body of Llyn …

Coedydd Nanmor

…lso reaching a high cover in places, while the ground layer mainly comprises of Sphagnum recurvum, Polytrichum formosum and S. palustre. The moss and liverwort flora often exceeds the vascular plant flora in its diversity and abundance, forming a carpet, which extends up over bou…

Cae Blaen-dyffryn

…echinata and common yellow-sedge C. demissa over a carpet of bog mosses, mainly Sphagnum recurvum, S. subnitens and S. auriculatum.Several noteworthy plants are recorded at this site. Greater butterfly-orchid Platanthera chlorantha and lesser butterfly-orchid P. bifolia are prese…

Cairnleith Moss

…marum palustre. More acidic parts of the lagg are characterised by the bog moss Sphagnum recurvum. Rich-fen vegetation is characterised by bottle sedge Carex rostrata, the locally uncommon lesser tussock sedge C. diandra and fen mosses; the nationally scarce plant cowbane Cicuta …

Wyndrush Pastures

…ng on the tops of the moor-grass tussocks. An abundance of bog mosses including Sphagnum recurvum and S. auriculatum, mark out zones of water movement within the marshy grassland. The scrub fringes are dominated by blackthorn Prunus spinosa and willow Salix species, grading into …

Rhosydd Llanwrthwl

…thecium 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 locally frequent. On pockets of deeper peat, or where peat cutting has occurred in …

Beinn an Lochain

…ncus acutiflorus or purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, and sharp-flowered rush-Sphagnum recurvum mire. Acidic bent – fescue Agrostis – Festuca and heath rush Juncus squarrosus grasslands cover large areas of the drier slopes. Heather Calluna vulgaris-rich heath is represented bu…

Pencarreg-gopa a Moel Hyrddod

…cus, together with flushes containing soft rush Juncus effusus and the bog moss Sphagnum recurvum. This upland area is important ornithologically, particularly as foraging territory for the red kite and other carrion-feeding species. The site also includes the wooded valley of Na…

Straghans Lough

… sedge Carex nigra and star sedge Carex echinata, growing over a moss carpet of Sphagnum recurvum. Drier areas are characterised by carnation sedge Carex panicea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca, forming a mosaic with the wetter communities. Remnant areas of bog vegetation are cha…

Cashel Loughs

…ort Pedicularis sylvatica, growing over a moss layer of Aulocomium palustre and Sphagnum recurvum. Additional habitat diversity is provided by drier areas on rocky knolls. Lowland heath occurs locally here and is dominated by heather, bell heather Erica cinerea and western gors…

Cefn Rofft

…lium palustre rush pasture with stands containing a range of bog-mosses such as Sphagnum recurvum and S. palustre along with the typical range of poor fen herbs including greater bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and common marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre. Other semi-natural …

Mynydd Epynt

…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 and ‘brown mosses’. The slender green feather-moss occurs in association with springs of intermediate nutrie…

Cors Penbwlch

…dominated by poor-fen species such as bottle sedge Carex rostrata, the bog moss Sphagnum recurvum and soft rush Juncus effusus. Where grazing has been less intensive, bog moss carpets exist beneath the cover of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and despite modification, the majo…

Dyffrynoedd Nedd a Mellte a Moel Penderyn

…Dicranum majus, Plagiothecium undulatum, Hypnum cupressiforme, Mnium hornum and Sphagnum quinquefarium. Elsewhere, large stands of similar canopy and shrub layer composition have a ground layer typically dominated by wavy hair-grass with common bent Agrostis capillaris and some s…

McKean's Moss

…mplexes and small pools. The bog vegetation is characterised by a high cover of Sphagnum mosses, ericoid dwarf shrubs and other associated species, with the composition and abundance of these components dependent on local edaphic conditions. Old hand cuttings are extensive, but a…

Derrycloony Lough

…iophorum angustifolium growing over an extensive carpet of flat topped bog moss Sphagnum recurvum. The elevated peat banks are dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. Towards the north of the site, a water filled depression supports base-rich fen similar to that backing …

Tayvallich Juniper and Fen

…ce of black bog rush Schoenus nigricans. Star sedge – bog moss Carex echinata – Sphagnum recurvum/ auriculatum communities are typical of the poor fens in the less nutrient-flushed areas. Where base-rich water collects in the valley basins bottle sedge-moss Carex rostrata – Calli…

Rhos Pant-tyle

… bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, hair moss Polytrichum commune and the bog-mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. subnitens. Elsewhere purple moor-grass remains dominant but the sward supports more grasses including sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and velvet bent Agrostis canin…

Drone Moss

… bog moss species. Of particular interest are the mosses Leucobryum glaucum and Sphagnum recurvum. The locally rare chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea is also present at the eastern edge of the site.

Caeau Blaen-bydernyn

…-flowered rush, although here there is a luxuriant carpet of bog mosses (mainly Sphagnum recurvum and S. palustre) below the rush canopy. Other wet communities include some small stands of wet heath and fen-meadow. The latter vegetation is of particular interest, being very scarc…

Littleworth Common

…um scorodonia. In the wet flushes there are extensive patches of the bog mosses Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum which are typical of such habitats, but are now also rare in Buckinghamshire. Among the sphagnum, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor, a species known from only two oth…

West Fannyside Moss

…deer-grass/cross-leaved heath also occurring. Extensive lawns of the bog mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. recurvum dominate the vegetation with crowberry Empetrum nigrum and blaeberry and a further six species of Sphagnum mosses. Other typical bog species are present including t…

Holburn Lake and Moss

… the moss species Hypnum jutlandicum and a patchy cover of bog mosses including Sphagnum fallax, S. capillifolium, S. tenellum and S. auriculatum. The mosaic of irregular hollows support bog pool conditions characterised by either a dominance of Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. recurvum o…

Duddon Valley Woodlands

…and in Furnace Wood. In some woods there are small peat filled hollows in which Sphagnum rich birch woodland is found. Birch is the most frequent tree, with occasional alder, although the tree cover can be sparse. The ground flora is dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerule…

Outley Mosses

…rly well displayed at Outley Mosses. Two of the communities, the bog asphodel – Sphagnum papillosum valley mire and the bottle sedge – Calliergonell cuspidatum mire, are nationally rare and their combination is not known outside southern Cumbria. Outley Mosses are more diverse an…

Frog Wood Bog

…The first is characterised by a flora with an abundance of bog mosses including Sphagnum palustre, S. recurvum, S. auriculatum, S. capillifolium and S. subnitens. These form a carpet and series of low hummocks with which are associated common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium…

Astley & Bedford Mosses

…m with occasional deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum. Bog mosses are scarce but Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. recurvum, S. tenellum, S. fimbriatum and S. subnitens occur in patches in the cotton grass, between tussocks of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea or in and alongside some of t…

Hart Bog

…y identifiable. The central part of the mire consists of a carpet of bog mosses Sphagnum spp., in particular Sphagnum plumulosum and S. rubellum with dwarf shrubs such as heather Calluna vulgaris and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, the latter present hereat one of only two stations in…

Duddon Mosses

…es vary in their extent in the hollows between the tussocks, consisting of only Sphagnum capillifolium subsp. rubellum where conditions are drier to a wider assemblage where conditions are wetter, with species such as Sphagnum magellanicum and Sphagnum cuspidatum. White beak sedg…

Wolborough Fen

… by birch Betula spp. and willow Salix spp. Bog mosses are frequent and include Sphagnum palustre, S. recurvum, S. subnitens, S. squarrosum and S. papillosum. Towards the top of the site an area of tussocky purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea occurs in which bog myrtle is frequent…

Austwick and Lawkland Mosses

…es in close proximity. Acidic pools and wet hollows are dominated by bog mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum and S. recurvum, with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and, more locally, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the bog moss Sphagnum magellanicum. The dri…

Braehead Moss

…tter parts, there is an almost continuous carpet of actively growing bog mosses Sphagnum spp. The northern part of the site lies lower and features well developed Sphagnum hummocks, in contrast to the dry heather-dominated hummocks of the south. Here Sphagnum magellanicum and S. …

Carstairs Kames

…m community blanket mire and the cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and bog moss Sphagnum papillosum community raised and blanket mire. The patterned mire occurs where these communities mix, with wet hollows of the bog pool community of bog-mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum and S. recurv…

Coladoir Bog

…m community blanket mire and the cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and bog moss Sphagnum papillosum community raised and blanket mire. The patterned mire occurs where these communities mix, with wet hollows of the bog pool community of bog-mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum and S. recurv…

Blelham Tarn & Bog

…tris, remote sedge Carex remota, marshviolet Viola palustris and the bog mosses Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum. The eastern basin mire has a more open character with a complex mosaic of bog plants such as purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, bog myrtle Myrica gale, bog asphodel…

Esgyrn Bottom

…urple moor-grass Molinia caerulea ended with a raised bog dominated by bog-moss Sphagnum species. This dome of bog-mosses was isolated from and independent of groundwater influences. Drainage and peat cutting for fuel, which continued until the late 1960s, have reduced the extent…

Blar nam Faoileag

…bundant lichens of the Cladonia group. The site is rich in bog-mosses including Sphagnum magellanicum, S. rubellum, S. capillifolium, and Sphagnum fuscum and the nationally scarce S. austinii. Extensive irregular pool networks have developed over the flatter parts of the site, es…

Caudbeck Flow

…w may be split into two distinct types differing in the frequency of bog mosses Sphagnum species present. On the steeper slopes, at the periphery of the bog, a cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum peat land, typical of the southern Pennines, predominates with only occasional Sphagnu…

Gweunydd Blaencleddau

…rt blanket bog vegetation at an unusually low altitude. Bog mosses, principally Sphagnum papillosum and S. recurvum, are abundant amongst hummocks of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and heather. Springs emerging on the valley sides…

Barelees Pond

…upports birch Betula sp. carr woodland upon a soft carpet of bog mosses, mainly Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum, with frequent cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, occasional marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and with bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata l…

Hisehope Burn Valley

…effusus, sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus and the mosses Polytrichum commune, Sphagnum papillosum and S. recurvum, with marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris scattered in more open areas. sundew, common butterwort, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and…

Cors y Sychnant

…ea, tufted hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa, rushes Juncus spp., the bog mosses Sphagnum 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 …

Bugden's Copse and Meadows

…mmon cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Low lying areas have carpets of bog mosses, Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum. The main area of Bugdens Copse is of ancient origin and is characteristic of the oak bracken bramble woodland type. The most frequent canopy tree is oak, with occasi…

Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor

…lly more species poor. Dotted across the blanket bog are bog pools dominated by Sphagnum cuspidatum, with S. recurvum and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium around the margins. Where peat erosion has exposed the underlying sandstone the vegetation has become heather dom…

Roudsea Wood & Mosses

…remota and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana occur with the bog mosses Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum. Where the peat is more eutrophic, such as the area surrounding the small Roudsea Tarn, the vegetation is more typical of fen and occurs below a canopy which includes…

Brothers Water

…tylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum. Particularly wet hollows support bog mosses Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The narrow unimproved marshy fringe at…

Widdenton Park Wood

…rysosplenium oppositifolium and marsh marigold Caltha palustris with bog mosses Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum. Hard fern Blechnum spicant, rare in Buckinghamshire, occurs on the sandy margin of one of these bogs and blackcurrant Ribes nigrum, also locally restricted, in anoth…

Bolton Fell and Walton Mosses

…og Lowland raised bogs depend for their growth on an active layer of bog mosses Sphagnum species on the bog surface. These mosses are rainwater fed ombrotrophic and grow slowly upwards, with their remains forming the peat deposit. Over the centuries, the whole peat body grows and…

Chobham Common

… a rich bryophyte mosses and liverworts and lichen flora. Bog mosses, including Sphagnum compactum, S. palustre, S. recurvum and S. papillosum are locally abundant in the boggy areas. Other heathland species include the moss Dicranum spurium and the lichens Cladonia strepsilis an…

Skipwith Common

…se consist of soft rush Juncus effusus, jointed rush J. articulatus, bog mosses Sphagnum palustre, S. squarrosum and S. recurvum, with marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre a…

Red Moss

…heathland and fen may also be found. Birch and willow scrub occur very locally. Sphagnum mosses and cotton grasses grow in waterlogged conditions amongst the purple moor grass in some of the wetter areas. The pattern of vegetation is determined by amongst other things the variati…

Bell's Flow

… Bell’s Sike and Ned’s Beck. This site is of high quality with a well developed Sphagnum moss cover, few drains and little encroachment by trees. The dominant species over the mire as a whole are hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, and…

Thrift Wood, Woodham Ferrers

…s both Lesser and greater spearwort Ranunculus flammula and R. lingua. A raised Sphagnum bog, with S. palustre, S. squarrosum, S. recurvum and other mosses, in the centre of the pond, is of considerable importance in a local context. Additional interest is provided by the diverse…

Okehampton Park Flush

…evil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis. Bog mosses of several species, including Sphagnum auriculatum, the local S. squarrosum and S. recurvum, are frequent in places and sometimes hummock-forming, the first usually being found together with round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifoli…

Scotton and Laughton Forest Ponds

…ing large mounds through which the higher plants grow. At least four bog mosses Sphagnum spp. occur, these being S.fimbriatum, S. palustre, S. recurvum and S. squarrosum, in addition to Polytrichum commune, Straminergon stramineum, Sarmentypnum exannulatum and D. fluitans. This l…

Winmarleigh Moss

… vaginatum with common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium occurring locally. Sphagnum bog moss is widespread, particularly in the base of the grips, with the commonest species being S. papillosum, S. subnitens, S. recurvum and S. tenellum. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos grows o…

Rhos Talglas a Chors yr Hafod

…here are other small mires containing similar vegetation. A range of bog-mosses Sphagnum spp. are present here and sometimes prominent, including S.papillosum, S. recurvum and S. subnitens. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, common sedge Carex nigra, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotun…

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