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Tonnagh Beg Bog

…pitosum 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 magellanicum, Sphagnum papillosum and Sphagnum ten…

Glennasheevar

…buted in a concentric ring. The pools support a characteristic growth ofaquatic Sphagnum mosses, with frequent stands of bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and occasional lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor in the deeper pools. Well-developed Sphagnum capillifolium hummocks are promi…

Blairbeich Bog

…raised bog habitat in the Dumbarton and north Glasgow area. There are extensive Sphagnum lawns, dominated by Sphagnum magellanicum with Sphagnum capillifolium, Sphagnum cuspidatum, Sphagnum papillosum and Sphagnum tenellum growing with heather Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath…

Essan Burn and Mullyfamore

…cally abundant throughout. The moss layer is well-developed and is dominated by Sphagnum capillifolium and Sphagnum papillosum, with frequent Sphagnum tenellum and Sphagnum auriculatum in the wetter zones. The oceanic leafy liverwort Pleurozia purpurea is common in the sphagnum m…

Cranny Bogs

…exes with shallow pools. The bog vegetation is characterised by a high cover of Sphagnum mosses, ericoid dwarf-shrubs and other associated species. The intact surface is generally wet and is dominated by a dwarf shrub canopy of heather Calluna vulgaris, with frequent bog myrtle M…

Killorn Moss

…bed and supports several species of bog-mosses, the most prevalent of which are Sphagnum capillifolium subsp. rubellum, Sphagnum magellanicum, Sphagnum papillosum and Sphagnum tenellum. Above this bryophyte layer the vegetation comprises several plant communities typical of bog h…

Glasson Moss

…low hollows and low hummocks. The dominant species of the pools and hollows are Sphagnum cuspidatum and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, whilst carpets of Sphagnum pulchrum are frequent in the transitional zone between hollow and hummock. Also characteristic of this zone are a…

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…

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…

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…

Murrins

…stems. The bog surface is generally wet, and the vegetation is characterised by sphagnum bog mosses, ericoid dwarf shrubs and sedges, with the composition and abundance of these components dependent on the water table and relief. Flat, water-logged peats are dominated by cross le…

Lions Hill

…a fusca and cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. There are several species of Sphagnum moss including Sphagnum compactum, S. tenellum, S. papillosum and Sphagnum cuspidatum, the latter the major vegetation of several small pools. In certain wet locations, purple moor grass Moli…

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…

Wolf Island Bog

…ol, hummock and lawn complexes. The intact bog surface supports a high cover of Sphagnum bog mosses, ericoid dwarf shrubs and other associated species. The composition and abundance of these depend upon local environmental conditions. The larger dome to the north of the area is d…

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…

Flow of Dergoals

…areas of unafforested blanket bog in Wigtownshire. It has distinct hollows with Sphagnum cuspidatum present, though these are quite small and represent a comparatively small proportion of the bog surface. It is more generally dominated by a combination of low and high ridges, wit…

Corfe & Barrow Hills

…tralix with varying amounts of ling and deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum. The Sphagnum mosses Sphagnum compactum, S. tenellum, S. capillifolium, S. papillosum and the rare Sphagnum pulchrum are frequent. There are small populations of two scarce plants, marsh gentian Gentiana p…

Caldanagh Bog

…limited, but the surface of the bog is extremely wet and as a result, extensive sphagnum lawns are prominent, in association with ericoid dwarf shrubs and other raised bog species. Over most of the bog plain, heather Calluna vulgaris is the dominant higher plant. Other associate…

Lampert Mosses

…uality mire vegetation with large areas of intact surface dominated by bog moss Sphagnum species, this plant being the major peat former. The vegetation is of a type more typical of lowland raised bogs and in England its occurrence as blanket bog is largely restricted to West Nor…

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…

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…

Plas Iolyn Bog

…erest of the mire is as an intact basin raised bog containing lawns of bog-moss Sphagnum spp that includes Sphagnum magellanicum, S. papillosum, S. capillifolium, S. tenellum and Sphagnum cuspidatum. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, hare's-tail c…

Altikeeragh

… are also present. The vegetation on the intact bog surface is characterised by Sphagnum bog mosses, ericoid dwarf shrubs and other associated species. The composition and abundance of these depends upon local environmental conditions, particularly the height of the watertable. M…

Dead Island Bog

…x. The bog surface is permanently wet and supports a dense and diverse cover of Sphagnum bog mosses. Typically the vegetation is characterised by ericoid dwarf shrubs and other associated species. Over much of the bog plain, the vegetation is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris…

Blue Pool and Norden Heaths

…rass, cross-leaved heath, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and the bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and Sphagnum tenellum. Strong populations of the Nationally Scarce marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe and Nationally Rare Dorset heath Erica ciliaris also occur. Around the edge of…

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 …

Meddon Moor

…m, Breutelia chrysocoma, Ordontoschisma sphagni, Hypnum jutlandicum and several Sphagnum species, such as Sphagnum tenellum. Also of interest is the presence of the moss Hookeria lucens amongst the bases of tussocks of purple moor-grass. The site is bounded by streams to the nor…

Wedholme Flow

… south. These intact mire surfaces retain a characteristic micro topography of Sphagnum hummocks, ridges, wet hollows, shallow pools and lawns and support rich assemblages of a peat land vegetation which is nationally rare. The edge of the mire has been cut on a small scale for …

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…

Rusland Valley Mosses

…otton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Nevertheless, extensive carpets of bog mosses Sphagnum spp., are still present, these reaching their greatest diversity at the centre of Rusland Moss where the characteristic surface patterning of raised mires is to be found. Small peaty hollow s…

The New Forest

…r grass Trichophorum cespitosum, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and the 'smaller' Sphagnum species Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum become frequent. The heathlands have well developed lichen rich communities in which a number of Cladonia species are present. These include the na…

Horton Common

… Deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and the Sphagnum mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum. Both the white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the rare brown beak sedge Rhyncospora fusca occur here. The lowest parts of the common have bog comm…

Offerance Moss

…m 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.

Dykeneuk Moss

…s an example of a type which is of national importance for its actively-growing Sphagnum-rich vegetation. The central and southern sections of the bog are dominated by the bog mosses Sphagnum papillosum and Sphagnum magellanicum, which form a continuous carpet over the surface. T…

Moss of Crombie

…um cespitosum. Beneath the heather, ‘feather mosses’ are generally dominant but Sphagnum capillifolium is widespread and S. tenellum, S. papillosum and most notably Sphagnum magellanicum are locally abundant. Cladonia lichens are unusually abundant on much of the uncut bog. In ad…

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…

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 …

Waukenwae Moss

…ation is dominated by a deep layer of bog mosses, the most common species being Sphagnum papillosum and Sphagnum magellanicum. The water table is generally very high and locally the surface quakes underfoot. Local variations in the height of the water table provide habitat for a …

Lough Naman Bog and Lake

…y elongated pools in a concentric pattern. The pools contain aquatic bog mosses Sphagnum spp., particularly feathery bog moss Sphagnum cuspidatum with occasional cow horn bog moss Sphagnum denticulatum, and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. The vegetation surrounding the pools is co…

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…

Plumstone Mountain

…th along with abundant purple moor-grass and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum. Sphagnum mosses are not abundant but Sphagnum compactum, S. denticulatum and S. tenellum are all present along with plants such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, saw-wort Serratula tinctoria, rou…

Morden Bog and Hyde Heath

… cross-leaved heath, heather, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum 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…

Bursdon Moor

… green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis, carnation sedge C. panicea and the bog-moss Sphagnum compactum. In places, the purple moor-grass which dominates the vegetation over most of the Moor gives way to a shorter vegetation dominated by heather, cross-leaved heath and deer grass Tric…

Bowness Common

…h are evident across the Common, where conditions are wet enough for bog mosses Sphagnum species to predominate. In other parts the bog surface has been modified by peat cutting, drainage works and burning. The resultant vegetation resembles wet heath although it occurs over a go…

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…

Ham Common

… royal fern Osmunda regalis occur. There are small quantities of the bog-mosses Sphagnum tenellum and S. fimbriatum and, in places, the mosses Campylium stellatum and Drepanocladus fluitans. Other low-lying wet areas support common reed Phragmites australis, common sallow Salix c…

Iping Common

…of wet heath also support a rich moss flora which includes Polytrichum commune, Sphagnum tenellum and Dicranum spurium. Grassland is mainly confined to the rides which cross the site. creeping and common bent grasses, Agrostis stolonifera and Agrostis capillaris respectively, dom…

Hallsenna Moor

…cinium 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 with carpets of Sphagnum mosses upon which common…

Finglandrigg Woods

…ld angelica Angelica sylvestris, marsh violet Viola palustris and some bog moss Sphagnum species. Small fenny clearings support a similar range of species but with a local predominance of rush species, purple moor grass or reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea. On slightly drie…

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…

Hurn Common

… leaved heath Erica tetralix, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and the mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum. Heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata is locally frequent. Bog communities, whilst present on a relatively small proportion of Hurn Common, are locally well d…

Borlasevath and Retallack Moor

…rticularly cross leaved heath (Erica tetralix) and scattered bog mosses notably Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum. In more water logged patches with deeper peat especially towards the valley floor, wet heath gives way to a rare type of valley bog with increased bog moss cover e…

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…

Stokeford Heaths

…undant species. Deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and two species of bog moss, Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum are also characteristic plants of this community. Several types of mire community occur locally on permanently wet peat. In one type, purple moor-grass and cross-le…

Cranborne Common

…aved heath Erica tetralix, purple moor grass Molinia caerule and the bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum are frequent. A number of local and scarce species occur in this habitat. These include round leaved and oblong leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera interm…

Wellington College Bog

…lted in the build up of peat and the development of the bog itself. Bog mosses Sphagnum spp., especially two widespread species S. papillosum and S. capillifolium predominate in the permanently waterlogged open mire. Also occurring are Sphagnum magellanicum, which is uncommon in…

Turners Puddle Heath

…olinia caerulea, heather, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and the bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum within the vegetation with increasing wetness favouring cross-leaved heath over heather. The site is intersected by three valley systems, two of which drain southwa…

Hense Moor

…Greensand and Clay with flints moss dominated springs occur, bog mosses include Sphagnum papillosum and S. tenellum. The site as a whole supports a diverse moss flora, some sixty species having been recorded. Associated herbs are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog St John’s …

Holton and Sandford Heaths

…ogged soils. Here cross-leaved heath is abundant and occurs with the bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea. The Nationally Scarce plant, marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe occurs abundantly in thi…

Winfrith Heath

…e cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, is abundant and occurs with the bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and purple moor-grass. The site also includes areas of valley mire where botanically diverse vegetation has developed on deep pea…

North York Moors

…rrosus are also common within this community. In the wettest stands bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum and Dicranum moss Dicranum scoparium occur. Blanket mire occurs in small amounts along the main watershed of the high moors where deep peat has accumulated. These ar…

Foxlease and Ancells Meadows

…dominant. The grassland grades locally into communities dominated by bog mosses Sphagnum species and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, with cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium; together forming a zonation of which there are few other examples in southern England. The site a…

Arne

…e last forming deep tussocks in some areas. Typical mosses of the wet heath are Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum and in the south of the site there are strong populations of the very scarce marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe. Lichens of the genus Cladonia are abundant, especia…

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 …

Holcroft Moss

…nutrient poor oligotrophic and acidic, thus allowing species such as bog mosses Sphagnum spp. to colonise it. The resulting peat bogs are the mosses. Holcroft Moss, situated 9 kilometres north east of Warrington on the south side of the M62 motorway, lies in the Triassic Plain of…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Ash to Brookwood Heaths

…ing heather Calluna vulgaris, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and bog mosses Sphagnum sp., often interspersed with purple moor grass. Other plants include common sedge Carex nigra, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, tufted hair gr…

Oulton Moss

… silt and organic matter and a floating mat of vegetation, including bog mosses Sphagnum spp., developed around the edge. As the margins filled with the remains of this community the centre of the raft became continuous and a substantial thickness of peat was formed. Although th…

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…

Cernydd Carmel

…ool and hummock’ topography, with pools supporting floating carpets of the moss Sphagnum cuspidatum and the hummocks supporting a variety of other mosses such as Sphagnum papillosum, S. subnitens and localised occurrences of S. tenellum. White-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the…

Drumburgh Moss

… from the defunct drain crossing the site from east to west. This area has good Sphagnum cover with much Sphagnum magellanicum and S. papillosum, although Sphagnum pulchrum is restricted to a few small patches and S. tenellum, S. rubellum and s. molle are all uncommon. great sund…

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