Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Perchhall Loch

…ft of vegetation in which bottle sedge Carex rostrata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile predominate along with bog-bean Menyanthes trifoliata and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. Surrounding this is another floating community …

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…

Slaidhills Moss

…ons of the species in Scotland. In the centre of the moss, lawns of bog-mosses (Sphagnum species) occur, notably Sphagnum palustre, Sphagnum capillifolium and Sphagnum fimbriatum, along with bog groove-moss Aulacomnium palustre. These form floating islands with little vascular pl…

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…

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 …

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…

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 …

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…

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…

Norsey Wood

…tifolium, stands of pendulous sedge Carex pendula and small acidic flushes with sphagnum mosses Sphagnum palustre and Sphagnum cuspidatum the latter very rare in Essex. Several colonies of hard fern Blechnum spicant probably represent one of the largest populations in the county.…

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…

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…

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…

Ringdown

…ists largely of a mire community with a patchy bryophyte cover, particularly of Sphagnum palustre, S. papillosum, S. subnitens and Aulacomnium palustre. The most abundant grass is purple moor grass Molinia caerulea with sedges forming a significant part of the sward, the most fre…

Corfe Mullen Pastures

…hollow system of shrubs on the drier hummocks surrounded by pools of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. Cross-leaved heath and purple moor-grass are prominent on the drier hummocks with white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium…

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…

Prolusk

…heath, with species such as golden head moss Breutelia chrysocoma, red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium, compact bog moss Sphagnum compactum, lustrous bog-moss Sphagnum subnitens, heath plait moss Hypnum jutlandicum and glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens all frequent. Other…

Fair Head and Murlough Bay

…lium. Bryophyte cover is generally dominated by carpets of flat topped bog moss Sphagnum fallax, blunt-leaved bog-moss Sphagnum palustre and red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium. Species which indicate a more base-rich influence also occur in pockets throughout the fen with specie…

Lough Alaban

… raft of acid fen, comprised of submergent growths of aquatic feathery bog moss Sphagnum cuspidatum and cow horn bog moss Sphagnum denticulatum with a sedge and herb component. This is interspersed by areas of open water with bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius. Sedges associ…

Black Lough (Tyrone)

…ed rush Juncus acutiflorus, marsh violet Viola palustris, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre and star sedge Carex echinata are common within the fen. Bryophyte cover is high and is dominated by species such as blunt-leaved bog-moss Sphagnum palustre, lustrous bog-moss Sphagnum subnit…

Winster Wetlands

…water tracks and has given rise to a diverse area of swampy fen, with pools and Sphagnum bog moss islands and an adjacent Sphagnum lawn. These water tracks contain species such as the insectivorous bladderwort, Utricularia minor, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, bogbean Menyant…

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…

Combe Scar

…inated ones further upslope. Mosses such as Philonotis fontana and Dichodontium palustre are important components, but these have a variety of associated species including opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, mossy saxifrage, tufted forget-me-not Myosot…

Trodds Copse

…ere the peat is very acid the ground flora is dominated by bog mosses including Sphagnum palustre and Sphagnum flexuosum under a canopy of acid sump alder woodland. Species associated with the alder woodlands include tussock and remote sedges Carex paniculata and Carex remota, m…

Cothill Fen

… pseudopunctatum, M. seligeri and Philonotis calcarea, Palustriella commutatum, Sphagnum palustre and Sphagnum plumulosum. On parts of the fen edge a drier, calcareous grassland dominated by tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum can be found. Other plants found here include dyer's gre…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

Eycott Hill

…roundwater table. This diversity is reflected in the large number of bog mosses Sphagnum species recorded; fifteen in total. The higher, more acidic levels of deep peat support a bog vegetation dominated by ericaceous dwarf shrubs and bog mosses Sphagnum spp. Bog mosses, mainly S…

Bewick and Beanley Moors

…tentilla erecta and with an understorey that occasionally includes the bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium. On freer draining soils in association with rock outcrops, such as those which occur on the scarp slopes along the western edge of the site, heather is usually accompanied by e…

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…

Bradworthy Common

…the nationally scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. Bog mosses Sphagnum spp. are unusually abundant here, forming frequent hummocks with species such as Sphagnum subnitens, S. capillifolium and S. palustre. The area is also atypical in exhibiting an abundance of …

Western Mournes and Kilfeaghan Upper

…phodel 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 generally associated with more freely draining soils. On flatter areas, deep pe…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Shaw Meadow & Sea Pasture

…tus, J. inflexus with carnation and glaucous sedges over a carpet of bog mosses Sphagnum species, including Sphagnum fallax, S. subnitens, S. palustre, S. papillosum and S. auriculatum. A range of herbs and grasses are associated with the above species and include devil's bit sca…

Ennerdale

…nteresting area of wet heath dominated by purple moor grass and small, floating Sphagnum carpets. The latter support a diverse flora which includes bottle sedge Carex rostrata, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, lesser spearwort Ranunculus fl…

Lough na blaney bane

…anthes trifoliata, marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre and devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis. Less frequent herbs include meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria, wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris, marsh violet Viola palustris and water mint Mentha …

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…

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

…vestris, marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris and common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre. Additional species with a more localised occurrence include water mint Mentha aquatica, devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, meadow sweet Filipendula ulmar…

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…

Rhos Llawr Cwrt

…Juncus acutiflorus accompanied by herbs, including common marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica and marsh violet Viola palustris. On drier banks and hummocks there are neutral grasslands where crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus and common knapweed Centa…

Cefn Rofft

…s effusus, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, common marsh-bedstraw Galium 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 …

Rhosydd Llanpumsaint

…ve developed tiny rain-fed (ombrogenous) bogs, with patches of the red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium among hare’s-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and heather Calluna vulgaris. Inflows from the margins encourage a few rushes Juncus spp. …

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…

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…

Armboth Fells

…Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum and wet heath with bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix are represented, although the distinction between the two is often blurred because of burning management. Frequent within the blanket bog are Sphagn…

Ottery Valley

…e is the occurrence 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 mos…

Buinach and Glenlatterach

…on-grass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cotton-grass E. angustifolia, bog mosses (sphagnum species), round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. A few kettle holes contain “poor fen” with bottle sedge Carex rostrata, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliat…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…r fen communities are dominated by tall herb fen, with marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, the nationally scarce marsh fern Thelypteris palustris, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. Some pits have hummocks of bog moss, including blunt lea…

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…

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…

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…

Loughrigg Fell Flushes

…oss species occur, the dominants being Palustriella commutatum and Dichodontium palustre. The base rich spring water seeps and flows in small rivulets through the northern portion creating conditions for the establishment of base rich flushes. The main area of the flushes occurs…

Charleshill

…a, marsh bird's foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and marsh willow herb Epilobium palustre. In the easternmost field it grades into a quaking sedge mire, where a thin layer of vegetation lies over fluid peat and water. This mire is of a type very rare in Surrey and is dominated by …

Thornhill Moss & Meadows

… sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus. Herbs include marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre. Various sedges are present as conspicuous communities, including a mixture of star, flea and common sedges, Ca…

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 …

Bryn Marsh & Ince Moss

…opus europaeus, water forget me not Myosotis scorpioides, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, trifid bur marigold Bidens tripartita and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Hydroseral succession from the swamp and fen into the mire and also into carr woodland is well represented. Th…

Kirlish

…eather moss Thamnobryum alopecurum on the dry boulders to blunt leaved bog moss Sphagnum palustre in the wettest areas. The acidity of the soils is also reflected in the moss flora with the presence of acid tolerant species such as little shaggy moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus and gr…

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…

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…

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…

Pillar and Ennerdale Fells

…phytes has developed with large hummocks of Polytrichum strictum and bog mosses Sphagnum palustre, S. capillifolium and S. quinquefarium with the liverwort Mylia taylorii. The lichen communities of Side Wood are of regional importance, with the rare Ochrolechia inversa occurring…

Paines Cross Meadow

…urple moor grass Molinia caerulea and other plant such as marsh thistle Cirsium palustre and greater bird's foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus. Of particular interest are the fen meadow fragments dominated by purple moor grass. The presence of fen meadow in Sussex is unusual as it i…

Powerstock Common and Wytherston Farm

…sa-Fraxinus excelsior-Lysimachia nemorum woodland (W7) and Salix cinerea-Galium palustre woodland (W1). Oak high forest is the predominant community on the brown earth soils across the site. The drier stands have an understorey of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and holly Ilex aquif…

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…

Stoke Common

…hophorum cespitosum spp. germanicum. bog mosses are unusually varied, including Sphagnum palustre, S. rubellum. S. subsecundum, S. comoactum and S. papilosum. Some of these occasionally support sundew Drosera rotundifolia. In all parts of the heath, burning encourages the prolife…

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…

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…

Combwell Wood

…opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and the bog moss Sphagnum palustre. The moist mild micro climate of the gills is suitable for several 'Atlantic' bryophytes that are most frequently found in Western Britain and are rare in the South east of England, …

Udford Low Moss

…of other tree and shrub species. The ground vegetation includes bog mosses esp. Sphagnum palustre, purple moor grass, cross leaved heath, bilberry and the scarce species lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and common wintergreen Pyrola minor. Other woodland communities within the si…

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…

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…

Smallburgh Fen

…in where some scrub development has occurred there are tussocks of the bog moss Sphagnum palustre. Surrounding the moss dominated communities is a patchily developed zone of ranker fen vegetation. Reed is dominant with other tall species present including meadowsweet Filipendula…

Kielder Mires

… are low in nutrients. The acidic, nutrient poor conditions support specialised Sphagnum dominated plant communities which are predominantly similar from one mire to another but have a number of variations. The differences in species composition and microtopography surface patter…

Biller Howe Dale

…anthes 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 orchid Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum, a…

Cashel Loughs

…stralis, with associated herbs and grasses such as common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris. In places the swamp is backed by a species rich fen that includes such species as reed canary grass Phalaris aru…

Llwyn-iarth

… flushes are dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus and/or by bog mosses such as Sphagnum papillosum, S. capillifolium and S. auriculatum typically with a patchy cover of purple moor-grass, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common sedge Carex nigra, carnation sedge C. panicea, a…

Grimscott

…Lotus pedunculatus, meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris and marsh thistle Cirsium palustre. Areas of Molinia tussock dominated vegetation are characterised by the occurrence of sharp-flowered rush, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, common marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre, meadowswe…

Wimbledon Common

… bulbosus, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile and several species of bog moss Sphagnum, including S. palustre and S. fimbriatum. There are several ponds on the Common. The disused Bluegate gravel workings with it's variable water level supports an abundance of floating club rus…

Chasewater And The Southern Staffordshire Coalfield Heaths

…nium oxycoccos, cotton grasses Eriophorum spp. and various bog mosses including Sphagnum fallax, S. palustre, S. papillosum and S. capillifolium occurring at lower frequencies. Fens including habitats often referred to as mires and swamps A number of fens have developed on the ma…

Dozmary Pool

…bundant 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 angustifolium, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, and th…

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…

Freshmoor

… vegetation has grown over this highly mobile substrate made up from species of Sphagnum including S. palustre, S. fimbriatum and S. auriculatum var auriculutum. sedges such as carnation sedge Carex panicea and star sedge Carex echinata contribute to the structure while any remai…

Calf Hill and Cragg Woods

…teris dilatata. In places the mosses Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Dicranum majus and Sphagnum spp are frequent with variable amounts of different grasses and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, especially on the more sheltered east facing slopes of Cragg Wood, above a small fell side stream…

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 …

Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes

…unculus lingua and a number of localised species such as milk parsley Thyselium palustre, cowbane Cicuta virosa, marsh sow thistle Sonchus palustris and greater water parsnip Sium latifolium. Beneath these components is a lower layer generally dominated by blunt flowered rush Ju…

Danes Moss

…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. Danes Moss which lies three kilometres south of Macclesfield is the largest example in Cheshire of a cut over raised mire and its …

Loch of Lumgair

…ngmoor’ vegetation. Characteristic fen species include marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, bog bean Menyanthes trifoliata, lesser tussock sedge Carex diandra, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, marsh violet Viola palustris and coralroot orchid Coral…

Caeau Blaen-bydernyn

…and soft rush Juncus effusus, with associates like common marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre, greater bird’s foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and common sorrel Rumex acetosa. Acid flush is the other main wet community. Again this is dominated by sharp-flowered rush, although here ther…

Mercaston Marsh and Muggington Bottoms

… herbs such as large bitter cress Cardamine amara, common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, water figwort Scrophularia auriculata, marsh violet Viola palustris and southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa…

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…

Long Mynd

…ttest places. Mosses are especially abundant in these areas with the bog mosses Sphagnum spp., Dicranum scoparium, Hypnum cupressiforme and Polytrichum commune often forming continuous carpets beneath the heather. The abundance of heather declines towards the margins of the plate…

Cwm Gwynllyn

…edge Carex rostrata, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre. An area of Sphagnum lawn in the soligenous mire is of particular interest both for its species richness and the abundance of the locally uncommon ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea…

Tattershall Old Gravel Pits

…s. Several mosses typical of acidic soils are present, including the bog mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum and S. palustre and Polytrichum commune.

Cors y Wlad

…sh Juncus effusus, the sharp-flowered rush J.acutiflorus, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, bog cotton Eriophorum spp., purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, interspersed with bog mosses Sphagnum spp.. The south-west corner of the site is much w…

Tilehill Wood

… one pool on the northern boundary has an interesting community with bog mosses Sphagnum spp., marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus. The last two species are uncommon in the County. There is a smallb asin mire with expanses off mosses mainly Sph…

Bryn-bwch

…m angustifolium carnation sedge, the mosses Polytrichum commune and Aulacomnium palustre and the bog mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. subnitens. A small strip of mire at the northern end of the site is less heavily grazed. Here the purple moor grass forms dense tussocks and asso…

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…

Gartfarran Woods

…with an extensive scrub layer of hazel, over groundwater flushes and carpets of Sphagnum moss, of which S. palustre is the dominant species. Wet woodlands of this type are uncommon in the Stirling Council area. The woodlands support a diversity of plants, including several charac…

Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons

…an extensive area of fell. Two of the valley mire communities, the bog asphodel Sphagnum papillosum valley mire and the bottle sedge Calliergonell cuspidatum mire characterise valley mires in South Cumbria, but are nationally rare and their combination is little known outside the…

Salbri

…intact and remains waterlogged throughout the year. Various species of bog moss sphagnum spp. And other bryophytes form a more or less continuous cover over the mire surface; amoung the more abundant flowering plants are the ericaceous shrub heather Calluna vulgaris and cross-lea…

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…

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…

Duddon Valley Woodlands

…nemorum, bugle Ajuga reptans, water mint Mentha aquatica, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and crested hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa. Narrow buckler fern is frequent in some stands and bird cherry Prunus padu…

The Stiperstones & The Hollies

…s now scarce. The site includes a series of wet flushes in which mosses such as Sphagnum spp., Polytrichum commune and Aulacomnium palustre form a significant component of the vegetation. Also present are a number of peat land plants including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, …

Brendon and Vealand Fen

…n Valeriana officinalis water mint Mentha aquatica and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre. Beds of bladder-sedge Carex vesicaria, common sedge C. nigra, greater tussock-sedge Carex paniculata and wood club-rush Scirpus sylvaticus have developed in places, while the presence of yel…

Crowhill Valley

…Sibthorpia europaea. Scattered pools within the carr support a rich flora with Sphagnum moss species, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, broad-leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans and common water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica. The site is of local importance for lichens. The…

Askham Bog

…e acidic through the leaching action of rain water and the growth of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. The present habitats are considered to be secondary, raised bog having largely replaced the original fen before peat cutting in the Middle Ages brought the vegetation back within the inf…

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…

Ash Fell

… heath, deer grass and occasional purple moor grass. The presence of bog mosses Sphagnum species and the moss Aulacomnium palustre also mark this transition. Where the ground is particularly wet then species such as bog asphodel and compact rush Juncus conglomeratus also occur. A…

Lough Lark

…th herbs such as bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, all growing out of a thick Sphagnum bog moss carpet. Lough Lark provides an important habitat for a range of plants and animals, including birds, mammals and invertebrates. It is hoped that…

Scotton and Laughton Forest Ponds

…soft rush Juncus effusus, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. There is a local abundance of common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, greater pond sedge Carex riparia, common sedge C. nigra, sharp-flowered r…

Shelve Pool

…l Equisetum fluviatile, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris are important components, although varying in abundance spatially. Bog moss Sphagnum spp., the mosses Calliergon cordifolium and Aulacomnium palustre …

Nant Cledlyn Pingos

…racterised by a range of species, including small sedge Carex species, bog-moss Sphagnum species, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. Some of the pingo basins support interesting mire and swamp vegetation contain…

Pettypool Brook Valley

…e presence of greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata either in association with Sphagnum mosses, bottle sedge and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre or, in more nutrient rich areas, by tall herbs and rushes such as reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea and sharp-flowered rush Jun…

High Lickbarrow Mires and Pastures

…evolvens, Campylium stellatum, Palustriella commutatum, Ctenidium molluscum and Sphagnum contortum. Other species of Sphagnum form hummocks above the influence of the ground water and therefore support species typically associated with more acid or ombrotrophic conditions which h…

Gleads Moss

…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 …

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 …

Black Moss

…omplex of hummocks withlow lying areas or hollows comprising various bog mosses Sphagnum spp. Of these Sphagnum capillifolium subsp. rubellum and Sphagnum magellanicum are the most commonly occurring species with occasional Sphagnum cuspidatum on the wetter hollows referred to as…

Llyn Mawr

…nteresting progression from soligenous to aquatic transitional mire. Bog-mosses Sphagnum spp., bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre occur here. In other parts of the immediate catchment localised flushes rich in sedges Carex spp. occur.

Waldridge Fell

…ed heath Erica tetralix, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata and carpets of bog moss Sphagnum spp. On dry slopes at the margins of the Fell, sessile oak Quercus petraea with birch …

Meddon Moor

…upports a diverse bryophyte flora (mosses and liverworts) including Aulacomnium palustre, Campylium stellatum, Breutelia chrysocoma, Ordontoschisma sphagni, Hypnum jutlandicum and several Sphagnum species, such as Sphagnum tenellum. Also of interest is the presence of the moss Ho…

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…

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…

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 …

Rubha Dunan

…atch of willow. The western margin of the loch is fringed by extensive areas of Sphagnum species with bottle sedge Carex rostrata and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre. To the east, the fen grades into marshy grassland and an area with small sedge communities. Marshy grassland is…

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