Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

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…

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…

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…

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…

Greenan

…vulgaris. Within the swamp, there are floating mats dominated by mosses such as Sphagnum squarrosum, Sphagnum subnitens and Pseudoscleropodium purum. These support abundant grassy tussocks with a range of species, including creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera, velvet bent Agrostis…

Ludderburn and Candlestick Mires

… high number of plant species on the site that includes 15 species of bog moss, Sphagnum spp.. A particular feature of the site is the inter-relationship between types of mire and the subtle differences in plant species characterisitic of each. Some drainage work has been carried…

Blaeberry Island Bog

…nd shallow pools supporting a diverse cover of vegetation, including bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and ericoid dwarf-shrubs. Active bog vegetation is characterised by heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare's tail …

Turmennan

…uspidatum and Calliergon cordifolium. In places where the water is more acidic, sphagnum bog-mosses such as Sphagnum squarrosum and Sphagnum subnitens replace the brown mosses. The central area at Turmennan consists of swamp dominated by common reed Phragmites australis, with ass…

Morfa Abererch

…ontext in the West Gwynedd Area of Search, namely bottle sedge Carex rostrata - Sphagnum squarrosum mire and vegetation referable to the bottle sedge Carex rostrata -marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre tall-herb fen. The latter community type overlies deep peat and supports typical…

Thornhill Moss & Meadows

…otton grass E. latifolium, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and bog mosses Sphagnum palustre and S. subnitens. Sections at the northern end of the fen are richer in soil nutrients, being fed by more calcareous ground water. Here basic flushes support well developed brown mos…

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…

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…

Castle Enigan

…as rich fen, but there are also stands of more acidic poor-fen characterised by sphagnum bog-mosses. Ridges of higher ground provide additional habitat diversity. To the north, the fen has developed on old cut-over bog, and some deep pools still remain. Small areas of open, clear…

Lurgan Lough

… is shallow, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium grows over a carpet of Sphagnum mosses. On intermediate peat levels, these bog pool communities are replaced by poor fen vegetation, with bottle sedge Carex rostrata, white sedge Carex curta, star sedge Carex echinata and m…

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 …

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…

Black Lough (Tyrone)

…yophyte cover is high and is dominated by species such as blunt-leaved bog-moss Sphagnum palustre, lustrous bog-moss Sphagnum subnitens and spiky bog moss Sphagnum squarrosum. On more elevated ground, the fen grades into wet heath which is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris an…

Lough McCall

…sition and is characterised by the presence of a thick carpet of spiky bog moss Sphagnum squarrosum with occasional blunt-leaved bog-moss Sphagnum palustre. Over this carpet of bryophytes there is a mixed sedge sward with a good cover of herbs. This includes white sedge Carex cur…

Round Lough and Lough Fadda

…escens grow over a thick moss carpet that is comprised of blunt-leaved bog-moss Sphagnum palustre, flat topped bog moss Spaghnum fallax and spiky bog moss Sphagnum squarrosum. Further woodland diversity is provided by drier areas of semi-natural woodland and Estate woodland compr…

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

…d park yoke moss Zygodon rupestris. A small population of Girgensohn’s bog moss Sphagnum girgensohnii, which has a scattered and rare distribution in upland parts of Ireland, is also found on Knock Dhu. Further topographical diversity is provided through several large gullies on …

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…

Aughnadarragh Lough

…oil Potentilla palustris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and the moss Sphagnum squarrosum are typical of more base-rich areas. Acid grassland is dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea with tormentil Potentilla erecta and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Soft ru…

Loch of Lumgair

…lorhiza trifida, and the mosses Calliergonell cuspidatum, Calliergon giganteum, Sphagnum squarrosum and S. palustre. The wet woodland is mainly composed of common sallow Salix cinerea with scattered eared willow Salix aurita, downy birch Betula pubescens and locally frequent bay …

Oss Mere

…ient poor oliogotrophic and acidic thus allowing species such as the bog mosses Sphagnum spp. to colonise it. The resulting peat bogs are the mosses. In a few cases colonisation of the water surface by floating vegetation has resulted in the formation of a quaking bog known as a …

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…

Linmer Moss

…ient poor oligotrophic and acidic, thus allowing species such as the bog mosses Sphagnum spp. to colonise it. Hence, over many thousands of years, some meres have developed into mosses and an invaluable record of the detail of this process is preserved in the layers of peat and m…

Great Bowden Borrowpit

…ly while Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, bulrush Typha latifolia and the bog moss Sphagnum squarrosum are also present in the community. The site is also a regular feeding ground for snipe.

Black Lough (Down)

…bulrush Typha latifolia and bottle sedge Carex rostrata growing over a layer of sphagnum bog-mosses. devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis is common on the drier margins. The open water contains extensive beds of broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans. To the north the fen nar…

Drumcarn

…etum fluviatile, while others consist of star sedge Carex echinata growing over Sphagnum subnitens and Sphagnum auriculatum. In places, the fen grades into wet heath, with scattered heather Calluna vulgaris growing alongside such species as carnation sedge Carex panicea, sweet ve…

High Woods

…ow wheat Melampyrum pratense, southern wood rush Luzula forsteri and the mosses Sphagnum squarrosum and Hookeria lucens. The other distinct woodland types present are mature alder carr woodland and hornbeam Carpinus betulus coppice, which occupies much of the north west of the si…

Cullentra Lough

…e sedge Carex rostrata with marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris, the bog-moss Sphagnum squarrosum and in areas of more open water, occasional bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius. The emergent stands in the southern and eastern side of the lake grade back into more species-r…

Little Langdale Tarn

…the crocata, remote sedge Carex remota, star sedge C. echinata and the bog moss Sphagnum squarrosum. The carr merges with a small area of oak woodland Quercus petraea on a rocky knoll lying adjacent to the road. The variety of habitats at this site support a rich and varied fauna…

Hencott Pool

…rient poor oligotrophic and acidic thus allowing species such as the bog mosses Sphagnum spp. to colonise it. The resulting peat bogs are the mosses. In a few cases colonisation of the water surface by floating vegetation has resulted in the formation of a quaking bog known as 's…

Carey Valley

…e vegetation associated with the central soak is dominated by cow horn bog moss Sphagnum denticulatum and perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius with dioecious sedge Carex dioica, a widespread but localised upland species of alkaline flushes, also occurring. Where the str…

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 …

Brackagh Bog

…foil Potentilla palustris over a moss carpet dominated by blunt-leaved bog-moss Sphagnum palustre and pointed spear moss Calliergon ellacuspidata. Seral development gradually leads to the formation of a dense floating mat of more diverse fen communities. These fen communities are…

Moyrourkan Lough

…, the fen becomes more acidic in character with bottle sedge Carex rostrata and Sphagnum squarrosum dominant, and occasional white sedge Carex curta. Carr woodland with alder Alnus glutinosa and grey willow Salix cinerea is scattered over the area. The ground flora is dominated b…

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…

Bryn Marsh & Ince Moss

…he wetter areas of common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium with bog mosses Sphagnum palustre, S. squarrosum and S. fimbriatum, to drier areas dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and then bracken Pteridium aquilinum. Relict species such as royal fern Osmunda regal…

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…

Pilmoor

…ed and is covered by a broken carpet of several species of bog mosses including Sphagnum papillosum, S. squarrosum and S. palustre interspersed with small water filled hollows. The bog moss forms part of an extensive area of fen with frequent marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, ma…

Brasside Pond

…wort Pellia epiphylla form a continuous carpet and locally hummocks of bog moss Sphagnum fimbriatum, S. squarrosum have developed. Other species in the fen include marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. T…

Coleshill and Bannerly Pools

…arex paniculata are also present amid small carpets of bog mosses which include Sphagnum fallax, S. squarrosum and S. fimbriatum. Bannerly Pool is surrounded by a sump alder wood in which alder dominates the canopy, with the occasional crack willow Salix fragilis. Alder is also a…

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…

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…

Gosforth Park

… of this carr woodland supports an unusual ground flora in which the bog mosses Sphagnum fimbriatum and S. squarrosum occur together with soft rush Juncus effusus, toad rush Juncus bufoniusa, star sedge Carex echinata, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, yellow iris and coralro…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

… rostrata. Some pits have hummocks of bog moss, including blunt leaved bog moss Sphagnum palustre and spiky bog moss S. squarrosum and one pit contains a small stand of great fen sedge Cladium mariscus. The oldest of the pits are now on the eroding south coast of Dungeness in Lyd…

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…

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