Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Gortnasoal Glebe and Meenadoan

…ragum. Other species, characteristic of these wet bog plains, include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the liverwort purple spoonwort Pleurozia purpurea. Gortnasoal Glebe and Meenadoan ASSI incorporates Meenadoan Nature Reserve, a class…

Dimmings Dale & The Ranger

…pp. and the county rarities round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The lowland heath, another threatened habitat, is typically dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and bilbe…

Black Snib

…pecies present which are associated with this type of bog habitat are cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, six species of moss apart from Sphagna and the lichens Cladonia impexa, C. …

Waun Cwm Calch

…, with heather Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus dominant, together with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. The latter species is uncommon in Montgomeryshire. Patches of acidic grassland dominated…

Mynydd Ystyfflau-Carn

… Sphagnum cuspidatum. Drier areas have tormentil Potentilla erecta and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. Damp hollows support cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, the latter species being at, or near, the most south-westerly point of its British range. Some po…

West Pennine Moors

…on Turton Moor. Flowering plants associated with these communities are bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and, very locally, royal fern Osmunda regalis. As a result of previous management and/or…

Brantrake Moss & Devoke Water

…undifolia and Drosera intermedia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus. Drier hummocks support heather Calluna vulgaris with tormentil Potentilla erecta and occasional bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. In addition to the w…

Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons

…or grass Molinia caerulea and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos creeping over the surfaces. Equally characteristic of these lawns are the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, tormentil Potentilla erecta, bilberry Vaccinium my…

Unity Bog

…of this type. The bog is mostly covered with birch scrub, growing over bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and bog bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum. Heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum are abundant, together with cra…

Flaxmere Moss

…urple moor grass Molinia caerulea, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh cinquefoil Pontentilla palustris and the nationally rare bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia occur. The mire vegetation grades into dry heath domin…

Inchmoan

…he open bog and the central area where the tree canopy is still open. Blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus increases in cover to the south and west where tree canopy is closed until it replaces heather as the dominant shrub below the trees. Cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry V…

Bowland Fells

…though bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, a nationally scarce species, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus are all widely distributed. Some areas of bog have been more heavily burnt and this, perhaps coupled with greater number…

Berwyn

…rm "lawns". Associated species are cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and woolly moss Racomitrium lanuginosum, cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus is locally frequent here, at its southernmost point in Britain, together wi…

Cors Cae'r Neuadd

…ith common cottongrass, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Dry banks between the old peat cuttings support a heathy grassland community dominated by mat-grass Nardus stricta, with frequent shee…

Arkengarthdale, Gunnerside and Reeth Moors

… grass Deschampsia flexuosa. On steeper slopes, particularly in gills, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus becomes the dominant species in associated with the heather. Areas of blanket bog occur on the higher moorland where deep peat has accumulated. In these areas, hare's tail cotton …

Austwick and Lawkland Mosses

…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 drier surface of the bog has become colonised by downy …

Carsegowan Moss

…ica tetralix and bog myrtle Myrica gale. In the more open areas, both cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia occur in some quantity. The bog is surrounded by a woodland fringe of almost pure downy birch Betula pubescens, with an interesting range of li…

Chartley Moss

…tifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, – the last at the south eastern limit of its British distribution. Away from the centre of the peat raft there is a transition from open wood…

Hallsenna Moor

…of associated species which include cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, tormentil Potentilla erecta, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and colonies of heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata spp. ericetorum an…

Hesley Moss

…e 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 carpets are dominated by a range of actively gr…

Bowes Moor

…bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Such vegetation supports well developed bog moss hummocks which, on their drier tops, support heather and lichens, giving the bog surf…

Little Budworth Common

…thland areas are dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris with patches of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. Other species present include bell heather Erica cinerea, gorse Ulex europaeus and harebell Campanula rotundifolia. The boggy areas are domi…

Threepwood Moss

…her Calluna vulgaris, cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum with localised cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The sloping margin (rand) of the dome has Sphagnum (bog-moss) pools and some actively growing hummocks (9 Sphagnum spp. recorded to date), a…

Holcroft Moss

…ndant heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Wetter hollows support common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum. Five species of bog moss have been recorded from these hollows, includi…

Shap Fells

…ses with associated species such as cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus occurs sparingly in the higher areas of bog and the nationally rare bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia grows in the saddle…

Armboth Fells

…of peat decreases. Both dry heath, in which heather is associated with bilberry 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 b…

Dersingham Bog

…aved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Small bog pools are common in this zone which is widest at the southern end of the site. Within the mire are areas of wet heath and marshy g…

Pow Hill Bog

…folium, star sedge Carex echinata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the liverwort Ordontoschisma sphagni. In the centre of the mire are small open pools with bog moss Sphagnum cuspidatum, bogbean Menyanthes t…

Cotherstone Moor

…e of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. Over large areas there are well developed hummocks of Sphagnum moss amidst such vegetation, which on their dry tops support heather Calluna vu…

Ford Moss

…ere the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia grows. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos forms extensive mats over the bog moss which is the habitat for the locally rare white sedge Carex canescens. Around the periphery of the bog there are stands of bog myrtle Myrica …

Roscobie Hills

… rare plant in south-east Scotland, occurs in the fen area along with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata, both of which are scarce in Fife. The upper end of the transition is heath vegetation with heather and wavy hair-grass.

Mungrisdale Mires

…w ridges with Sphagnum magellanicum, S. tenellum, cross leaved heath, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. The slightly higher ground also supports heather Calluna vulgaris and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. The dome area has abundan…

Manton and Twigmoor

…pearwort Ranunculus flammula. Of particular note is the occurrence of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos at its only locality in South Humberside and bog myrtle Myrica gale. Woodland dominated by silver birch occupies extensive areas in each section. Locally there are areas of wet woo…

Lindow Common

…e moor grass Molinia caerulea together with associated species such as bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and gorse Ulex europaeus. Many lower lying areas of the heath are either permanently or seasonally waterlogged. These areas support very different plants and animals which add cons…

Burnhope Burn

…num spp., are dominant, whilst bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, both local species in Durham, are abundant. The flanks of a small ditch, running through the centre of this basin mire, support different mire communities in which plants such as …

Mochrum Lochs

…tions found on this type of habitat. The drier areas are dominated by cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and Sphagnum capillifolium subsp. rub…

Cors Nantcwnlle

…sh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and soft-rush Juncus effusus. The locally scarce royal fern Osmunda regalis is a notable component of some examples of this vegetation. Often occurring in close proximity to this v…

Plas Iolyn Bog

…S. papillosum, S. capillifolium, S. tenellum and Sphagnum cuspidatum. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, hare's-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and the locally uncommon petty whin Genista anglica occur on the wettest parts with cross-leaved h…

Afon Eden - Cors Goch Trawsfynydd

…f shallow pools and hollows. White-beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos add to the characteristic assemblage of raised bog species, and there are recent records for two ombrogenous bog mosses, the nationally scarce Sphagum austinii and the regionally r…

West Nidderdale, Barden and Blubberhouses Moors

… grass Deschampsia flexuosa. On steeper slopes, particularly in gills, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus becomes more dominant. Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea is a frequent component of the dry heaths above 400 metres and on the slopes of stream gullies. Areas of blanket mire occur on…

Cors y Llyn

…sphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the liverwort Cephalozia connivens. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos is locally abundant, and the locally uncommon white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba occurs in some parts of the southern basin. Stunted Scot's pines occur in the southern basin, but d…

Cors Gyfelog

…um, S. subnitens and S. fimbriatum and sometimes a sprawling layer of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Lower, wetter lawns of S. auriculatum and Sphagnum contortum also occur. The nationally scarce bog orchid Hammarbya paludosa is a rare component of Sphagnum lawns and hummocks. Th…

High Lickbarrow Mires and Pastures

…ty of habitats which are exploited by a range of plants, including bog bilberry Vaccinium oxycoccos on the hummocks with bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor in the water filled hollows. On the periphery o…

Bowness Common

…dews Drosera anglica, Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The rare mosses Dicranum undulatum and Dicranum polysetum also occur. Heather and cross leaved heath tend to predominate over the areas of bog that have been more modified by huma…

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

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

Cors y Sarnau

… Cinquefoil Comarum palustre, marsh St. John's-wort Hypericum elodes, Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and a variety of sedges and bog mosses. The true carr is dominated by Alder Alnus glutinosa with many other plants, including meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, marsh marigold Caltha…

Whim Bog

…l Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Nine species of bog moss Sphagnum are also known to be present, including the rare S.fuscum. The presence of this moss, together with heather Calluna vulgaris through all its grow…

Rhos Cilcennin

…ssifragum, with frequent round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Adjacent to the heath is a sizeable remnant of valley mire, isolated by firebreaks and sheltered by the adjoining conifer plantation. The heather here is at a mature stage and sup…

Rhos Blaenclettwr

…mall basin mires in pingos dominated by bog-mosses Sphagnum spp. with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. Larger areas of poor-fen, some showing evidence of slight base-enrichment, contain greater tussock-…

Foulshaw Moss

…common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and cross leaved heath. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos is spread across the bog surface and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, a species which is restricted to raised mires, is also present. bog mosses are a characteristic component of …

Chasewater And The Southern Staffordshire Coalfield Heaths

… and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, with occasional or frequent bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, cowberry V. vitis – idaea, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, western gorse Ulex gallii, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and bell heather Erica cinerea. Wetter areas, particularly to t…

Risley Moss

…her with associated plants such as cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and a number of species of bog moss Sphagnum spp. and other bryophytes. Other less abundant species include round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog rosemary Andromeda polifol…

Glascwm and Gladestry Hills

…n corresponds to the heather sub-community of heather/bilberry Calluna vulgaris/Vaccinium myrtillus heath. This occurs to varying degrees on all the hill summit plateaux, but on some of the high parts of Glascwm Hill, Gwaunceste, Llanfihangel and especially on Colva and Caety Tra…

Mullaghcarn

… cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. The moss carpet beneath generally consists of red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium and papillose bog moss Sphagnum papillosum with associated pleuroca…

Burns Beck Moss

… rosemary Andromeda polifolia, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. The old peat cutting hollows have been colonised by species such as the bog mosses Sphagnum ca…

Mallerstang-Swaledale Head

…ntly wet the richest bog vegetation persists, species present include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, a number of bog mosses Sphagna and, rarely, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. On summits the peat ma…

Llandegla Moor

…warf-shrub heath. The dwarf-shrub heath supports abundant heather with bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea, wavy-hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and, locally, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. In the drier heath are interspe…

White Moss

… Carex rostrata and white sedge Carex canescens. There are patches of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum in more open areas and occasionally sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. This gives way to firmer ground where purp…

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

… tetralix and the bog moss Sphagnum papillosum are more prominent and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos is often present. A nationally rare ground beetle Epaphius rivularis and several important populations of the locally rare large heath butterfly are found in this habitat. An uncom…

Nant Cledlyn Pingos

…ntaining cottongrass Eriophorum species, white sedge Carex canescens, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. In some examples the mires have developed into wet willow (Salix species) woodland, and elsewhere on the site there is scattered scrub…

Mynydd Preseli

…rt Pinguicula vulgaris, ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and royal fern Osmunda regalis occur in these flushed areas. The mosses Scorpidium scorpioides, Campylium stellatum and Scorpidium revolvens are frequent in some more base-rich flu…

Westwater Reservoir

…g plants present include round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Calciferous sandstone underlies parts of the hillside and has given rise to small areas of calcareous grassland, calcareous flushes and springs. These typically occur on steep, so…

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

… acidic vegetation includes round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the nationally rare bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia in some abundance. In the least disturbed areas, Sp…

Shielton Peatlands

…ble species which have a restricted distribution in Caithness include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and the nationally scarce small cranberry V. microcarpum. The nationally rare marsh saxifrage Saxifraga hirculus is also found on this site at its only known location within the Ca…

Oliclett

… magellanicum, Sphagnum fuscum and the nationally scarce S. austinii. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos is also locally abundant. The wetter areas of blanket bog have vegetation with a higher proportion of deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum while the drier slopes are dominated by heat…

North Dartmoor

…ss and cross-leaved heath, together with western gorse Ulex gallii and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. In amongst this heathland patches of acidic grassland are frequent, the main components of which are bristle bent Agrostis curtisii, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, mat-grass Nardus…

Radnor Forest

… of dwarf shrubs, heather Calluna vulgaris, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and, a feature that distinguishes it from other moorland in Radnor, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea. Mixed with these dwarf shrubs are hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, …

Silver Tarn, Hollas and Harnsey Mosses

…less marked and conditions are more acidic, heather Calluna vulgaris, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix are locally abundant. The flush communities typical of the mire edges and particularly the western part of Silver Tarn west comprise soft and …

Kielder Mires

… cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and numerous sedges and bryophytes, including Sphagnum magellanicum and Sphagnum papillosum. Two nati…

North Exmoor

…land habitats but which are very uncommon in southern Britain include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Crowberry Empetrum nigrum, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata, stag's-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum and fir clubmoss Huperzia selago. In the wettest areas of the higher moorlan…

Black Firs & Cranberry Bog

…ous leafy liverworts, often capped by the moss Aulacomnium palustre. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix are abundant associates. The intervening Sphagnum flats and hollows are dominated by Sphagnum fallax…

Braehead Moss

…th. Here Sphagnum magellanicum and S. capillifolium are abundant with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and heather. In the hollows Sphagnum cuspidatum and S. recurvum occur, with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and cross-leaved heath. The ridge in the m…

Cranberry Rough Hockham

…und in these Sphagnum dominated areas, royal fern Osmunda regalis and Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Cotton grass Eriophorum sp. is also locally abundant. As well as the carr there are areas of species rich tall fen. These are mostly at the Eastern end of the site, though narrow …

Biglands Bog

… include heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, common and hare’s tail cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and locally abundant bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia a…

Rusland Valley Mosses

… and intermediate sundew Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog rosemary are typical associates of this area. Where the mire surface has been disrupted along old peat cuttings and also in areas of young woodland, a community of purple m…

Shovelboard

…y Carex rostrata-Calliergonell cuspidatum occurs within the lagg with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos abundant on the Sphagnum hummocks of the central area. The wet margins are dominated by bottle sedge Carex rostrata and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and support mud sedge Care…

Cors Lawnt

…folium, heather Calluna vulgaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. The wetter hollows contain a variety of acidic bog and flush communities, with bog-pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, bogbean Menyanthes tr…

Hartlebury Common and Hillditch Coppice

…le moor grass Molinia caerulea, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos at its only Worcestershire station. Also present are marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, marsh violet Viola palustris and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia here at its only k…

Thorne, Crowle and Goole Moors

…ere are carpets of bog mosses Sphagnum spp containing species such as cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The old mire surface between the cuttings is dominated by downy birch, bracken, heather and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Such dry birch communities are particula…

Shortheath Common

…us round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and a large population of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, a low growing shrub now rare and declining in southern England. Cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and common s…

Simonside Hills

…oss leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Soligenous mires contribute significantly to the floristic diversity of the site. Base rich types are dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus with marsh valerian Vale…

Abbots Moss

…ces are dominated by common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos in a carpet of the bog moss Sphagnum fallax. South Moss is more varied botanically than Shemmy Moss owing to the presence of distinct wetter and drier areas, the latter with more h…

Murrins

…ssifragum, with frequent round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The bog mosses Sphagnum papillosum, Sphagnum tenellum and locally frequent hummocks of Sphagnum magellanicum dominate the dense moss carpet beneath the dwarf shrub canopy. The rar…

Cranley Moss

…ther typical bog plants such as cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos.

Caldarvan Loch

…moss Sphagnum spp. ground cover, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos.

Lockshaw Mosses

…na vulgaris and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. The locally scarce cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum occur frequently. The presence of white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, growing here at its only Fife…

Waukenwae Moss

…ca tetralix and cottongrasses are interspersed with the heather, with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos commonly found straggling across the surface of the bog. Crowberry Empetrum nigrum forms small patches and can be locally abundant and Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum is most fr…

Gleneagles Mire

…d common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. The mire has abundant cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos which is only an occasional plant in Perthshire. There is a small relict pool at one end fringed by bottle sedge Carex rostrata.

Park Hill and Tipperton Mosses

…cally uncommon vascular plants including water sedge Carex aquatilis, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and colonies of the rare tall-bog sedge Carex magellanica.

Ring Moss

…gustifolium, various bog mosses, bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos.

Hisehope Burn Valley

…yle vulgaris scattered in more open areas. sundew, common butterwort, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum occur locally in wetter, flushed areas within the mire. To the east of the Hisehope Burn there is one of the m…

Wedholme Flow

…re locally abundant with bog rosemary and occasional creeping mats of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Patches of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum occur frequently with cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Heather…

Muirkirk Uplands

…Sphagnum magellanicum and S. papillosum dominate the vegetation, with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and crowberry Empetrum nigrum frequent, and the nationally scarce bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia scattered over wide areas. Other species present, and indicative of undisturbed h…

Ochtertyre Moss

…er plant species characteristic of raised bogs are present, including cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, the latter occurring here at the northern limits of its UK range. Mixed woodland with Scots pine, birch, alder and ash surrounds the active ra…

Leziate, Sugar and Derby Fens

…ollows are dominated by cross leaved heath and notable plants include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog mosses Sphagnum spp. Derby Fen This is the most diverse of the three fens. Large areas support dry acidic grassland and heath dominated by shee…

Black Loch Moss

…grass Eriophorum vaginatum also form a major component of this layer. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are frequently found growing on the surface of the bryophyte carpet. Active raised bog Degraded raised bog

Thursley, Hankley & Frensham Commons

… Eleocharis multicaulis and two plants which are very rare in Surrey, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and brown beak sedge Rhynchospora fusca. The presence of a river valley mire with a clear vegetation zonation and with relatively high nutrient status along the central water cours…

Burton Park

…as developed on peat such plants as bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, which has only three other localities in the county, also occur. Away from the lake, alder carr grades into a drier birch Betula pendula and oak Quercus robur woodland, which has …

Auchterhouse Hill

…t areas) in small valleys. A small saddle bog with deep peat contains cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and carpets of bog moss Sphagnum; cranberry is a rare plant in Angus.

Ludderburn and Candlestick Mires

… of species including Sphagnum magellanicum, S. squarrosum, S. teres, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and lesser skull cap Scutellaria minor and is contiguous with the rich flora of the flushed slopes which drain into it. The basic flush on the southwest lower slopes of Rulbuts Hil…

Fairwood, Pengwern and Welshmoor Commons

…water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, saw-wort Serratula tinctoria, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and adder's-tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum. Welsh Moor supports the largest breeding population of the marsh fritillary butterfly E. aurinia in in the former county of West Glamorgan…

East Nidderdale Moors (Flamstone Pin - High Ruckles)

…y hair grass C. vulgaris Deschampsia flexuosa and heather -bilberry C. vulgaris Vaccinium myrtillus form the dominant communities, either in uniform stands are mosaics of vegetation. Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and bilberry are frequent components of the dry heaths, particular…

Cors y Sychnant

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

Ingleborough

…et hog becomes floristically richer with sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. There is a fine series of limestone pavements at Colt Park the pavement is tree covered and dominated by ash Fraxinus excelsior, while at So…

Elenydd

…species Sphagnum spp., and support a range of higher plants including cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia, here near the southern end…

Rhos-Rydd

…asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Much of the northern half of the site is composed of rank, poor-fen vegetation containing bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, lesser skullcap Scutell…

Lurg & Dow Lochs

…anica. On the deep peat amongst the bog moss Sphagnum species include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, cotton grasses Eriophorum spp, and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The remainder of the site consists of acid grassland.

Hatfield Moors

… mosses Sphagnum spp., but include species rare in the county such as cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog myrtle Myrica gale and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. Dry heath communities are dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and bracken Pterid…

Butterburn Flow

…um magellanicum, S. papillosum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The hydrological unit extends down to the river Irthing around most of the northern and eastern boundaries. The marginal band of grass and rush dominated vegetation on the more m…

Moine Mhor

…cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and small cranberry V. microcarpum. In drier areas the bog is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris often with reindeer lichen Cladonia spp. growing on its stems. Also common here …

Glasson Moss

…agnum magellanicum, S. rubellum and S. papillosum in association with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and cotton grasses Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium. Other bog mosses including S. molle, S. tenellum …

Nichols Moss

…g asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The uncommon oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia has also been recorded. The dense pine and birth woodland on the edges of the moss ends…

Bewick and Beanley Moors

…cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and tormentil Potentilla erecta and with an understorey that occasionally includes the bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium. On freer draining soils in association with rock outcrops, s…

Carn Ingli

…and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Other species found are cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, whorled caraway Carum verticillatum and few-flowered spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora. Small rocky tors and boulders are scattered throughou…

Nant y Crimp

…lant species recorded at the site include petty whin Genista anglica, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and whorled caraway Carum verticillatum, the latter an Atlantic species characteristic of unimproved pastures in the South Wales coalfie…

Rhosydd Llanpumsaint

…liata, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, white sedge Carex canescens, wild cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and marsh willowherb Epilobium palustre. Tall purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea dominates some basins. These usually have wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, marsh willowherb and m…

Killorn Moss

…iophorum vaginatum. In the wettest parts sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are locally abundant. Noteworthy species recorded on this site are bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia which is locally rare and near the northe…

Kilhern Moss

…n, great sundew Drosera anglica, bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos are all commonly found; these species generally occur at low abundance on other sites. Low hummocks of heather Calluna vulgaris, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and cr…

Orton Moss

…s with some common cotton grass. Bog rosemary Andromed apolifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos have also been recorded from these areas. The site is rich in insects and 19 species of butterfly have been recorded, including the small pearl bordered fritillary, the dark green …

Tarn Hows

…aved heath Erica tetralix, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Lying within the mosaic of different communities are several small bog pools where bogbean, small bur reed, greater bladderwort and many stemmed spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis …

Holburn Lake and Moss

…lix and hare's tail cotton grass are abundant and are associated with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The large heath butterfly Coenonympha tullia, which is nationally uncommon, has been found on the …

Bell's Flow

…s. The lichen, Cladonia portentosa is also located in the wet areas. Cranberry, Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, a plant largely restricted to Northern England and Southern Scotland, and bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum are all locally common. Round-leave…

Caudbeck Flow

…d cross leaved heath occur sporadically while rarer species including cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus. Acidic flushes occur on the margins of the mire and are related t…

Kirkconnell Flow

…mature stands beneath which the ground flora was typically composed of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and mosses, including the rare species Dicranum polysetum. Dense stands of birch also occurred particularly around the margins of the site. Scots pines were removed from the centre…

Hodnet Heath

…places characteristic bog plants such as sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum occur. wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa is dominant in the drier areas. The heat…

Danes Moss

…rea of the site is dominated by cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos over a Sphagnum fallax carpet and damp ditches locally support a number of Cheshire’s uncommon wetland plants such as round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh cinquefoil Com…

Blackdike Bog

…t. Acid damp heath plants such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia also occur. The central part of the bog is richer in soil nutrients, being fed by more calcareous water and has a different range of pl…

Red Moss

…l Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos all constant in the field layer. Sphagnum moss cover is generally extensive, especially on the northern raised bog, and is made up of Sphagnum papillosum, with S.tenellum, Sphagnum…

Cumwhitton Moss

…nd have a scattering of common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos is abundant here, with some round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and rather scarce bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. The hummock forming bog mosses, Sphagnum magellanicum and S…

Gentleshaw Common

…mprise heather Calluna vulgaris, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, mat grass Nardus stricta, bell heather Erica cinerea and more locally, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and other grasses. This vegetation is mostly found through the Midlands and n…

Scaleby Moss

…horum vaginatum, Eriophorum angustifolium as well as the more unusual cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. White sedge Carex canescens and bottle sedge Carex rostrata occur around some of the pools. The very rare …

Salta Moss

…hus trifoliata, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and more locally cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The moss was previously noted for its ponds, but only one area of open water now remains. This has an encroaching fringe of common reed Phragmites australis. The willow scrub in t…

Cors Caranod

…ntaining bog mosses Sphagnum spp., cotton-grasses Eriophorum spp. and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. South of the river, the catchment contains an area of modified raised bog associated with infilled peat cuttings, and areas of herb-rich wet pasture. Remarks: Part has been regis…

Cors Bwlch-y-baedd

… of raised mire, such as round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The catchment of upland grassland and heathland, included within the site, also contains a small valley mire which provides a minor inflow to the main basin.

Cors Gorsgoch

…grass Eriophorum vaginatum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Nearby is a rectangular man-made pond now filled with co-dominant bottle sedge Carex rostrata and water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile. The …

Cors Llanllugan (Llanllugan Mire)

…and the structure includes hummocks of bog-mosses Sphagnum spp.. Here cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and orchid species Dactylorhiza spp. grow. However in the wettest and most low-lying area there appears to have been some nutrient enrichment and this has given rise to a mosaic of…

Oakhanger Moss

…grass Eriophorum angustifolium, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Birch dominates the canopy which is comparatively open in character and around the edges of the Sphagnum areas, in the transition to more nutrient rich fen, alder buckthorn Frangu…

Meathop Moss

…c of bog vegetation, with abundant cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Less frequent species include bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata …

Tailend Moss

…m) and purple moor grass (Molinia caerulea). Wet depressions contain cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) and round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), both of which are uncommon in the Lothian’s, and also Sphagnum mosses. Tailend Moss is one of the few examples of this type of habi…

Monadh Mor

…hagnum mosses as well as white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and small cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos The main areas of open water such as the Black Loch are nutrient poor with a floating swamp of bog mosses Sphagnum spp, bottle sedge, Carex rostrata, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata …

Craigengar

…of dry heather moorland (subalpine dry heath) on a shallow peat base. Blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are all intermixed with the dominant heather. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus is widespread on the summit. The heather gr…

Tarn Moss

… Ranunculus flammula, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and abundant cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. In places where the ground water is richer in nutrients there is also a richer fen vegetation which includes such species as bog sedge Carex limosa, common yellow sedge C. demissa…

Blaen y Wergloedd Bog

… with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and heath spotted orchid Orchis ericetorum is found. In old peat cuttings, the higher water-table provides suitable conditions for mixed sedge communities dominated by bottle sedge…

Llyn Creiniog

…nclude petty whin Genista anglica, slender sedge Carex lasiocarpa and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Around the edge of the bog, and in the area west of the lake, poor fen/wet meadow: vegetation associations occur on thin peaty soils. A rich variety of plants, including some cal…

South Pennine Moors

…una vulgaris. Other dwarf shrubs such as crowberry Empetrum nigrum and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus occur in varying amounts. Crowberry is abundant on the eroding margins of the blanket bogs of the South Pennine Moors. Unusually it is also abundant in some areas of the cotton gra…

Rhos Talglas a Chors yr Hafod

…imes prominent, including S.papillosum, S. recurvum and S. subnitens. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, common sedge Carex nigra, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, the moss Polytrichum commune and in places bottle sedge Carex rostrata or t…

Caeau Tan y Bwlch

…in this are large cushions of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. on which grows cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos with an interesting base-rich floristic component including the mosses Campylium stellatum, Sphagnum contortum, S. teres and S. warnstorfii. Wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum is …

Cae Gwyn

…to young plants; other notable species are bog sedge Carex limosa and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The northern wetland differs in having denser areas of willow and common reed Phragmites australis, but is similar in having numerous plants of Osmunda.

Highfield Moss

…only two sites and false fox sedge, cross leaved heath, lousewort and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos have less than five known sites in the county. Uncommon species such as star sedge Carex echinata, carnation sedge C. panicea, marsh pennywort and bulbous rush also occur. A number…

Moss Carr

…n grass Eriophorum vaginatum and carpets of bog mosses Sphagnum spp.. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata spp. ericetorum are two locally rare species found here. Much of the rest of the central part of the site is wetter and subject to wa…

Beacon Bog

…location in the British Isles. Others are royal fern Osmunda regalis, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and petty whin Genista anglica. The latter grows on the drier western margin. Purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea dominates the drier edges of the site. Remarks: Registered as comm…

Connachan Marsh

…number of Sphagnum mosses, including Sphagnum magellanicum as well as cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The surrounding lagg fen, an integral part of the raised bog interest, is dominated by bottle sedge Carex rostrata but includes more local species such as slender sedge Carex lasi…

Spadeadam Mires

…g asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Less common but still frequent are cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and the nationally scarce bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. The site also supports small numbers of the nationally scarce tall bog sedge Carex magellanica which indicates the undis…

Greendale Mires

… bit scabious Succisa pratensis, bog lousewort Pedicularis palustris, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum which occupies the wetter, central flush lines. Marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba are locally abun…

Branxholme Wester Loch

… of raised bog includes nine species of bog moss Sphagna and abundant cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos beneath a canopy of birch carr. This is surrounded by a zone of slender sedge Carex lasiocarpa -brown moss dominated rich-fen and poor-fen with willow carr. On peripheral slopes ar…

Raeburn Flow

…mocks of Sphagnum moss. Hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and the lichen Cladonia portentosa are also frequent, and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia are locally common. Bir…

Offerance Moss

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

Frog Wood Bog

…on grass Eriophorum angustifolium, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, carnation sedge Carex panicea, flea sedge C. pulicaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor and bogbean Menya…

Shirgarton Moss

…ted to the old drainage lines. The site has an abundant population of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Other mire plants of interest include the locally rare White-beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba, as well as sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum.

Rhosydd Bryn-maen

…phorum angustifolium, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and, locally, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and hare’s-tail cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Now a declining habitat, areas of flood plain to the south-east of the site are of considerable interest as they support a rich v…

Longriggend Moss

…phagnum magellanicum also common and often associated with carpets of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum are found across the site, with heather interspersed throughout.

Bolton Fell and Walton Mosses

…rosera rotundifolia, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos occurring amongst the ‘lawns’ of the bog mosses papillose bog moss Sphagnum papillosum, blunt leaved bog moss S. palustre, magellanic bog moss Sphagnum magellanicum, soft bog moss …

Corsydd Llangloffan

… royal fern Osmunda regalis, wavy St John's-wort Hypericum undulatum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and marsh stitchwort Stellaria palustris. The water dock Rumex hydrolapathum is found in the wettest area of the fen. The more mature parts of the grey willow carr have well develo…

Cannock Chase

…orthy for their floristic impoverishment. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus or wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa are the main ground flora constituents and rowan Sorbus aucuparia is often an associated tree. Young birch, locally with Scot's pine Pinus s…

Corsydd Nug a Merddwr

… Rhynchospora alba. Other plant species that occur frequently include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, carnation sedge Carex panicea, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, tormentil Potentilla erecta and the liverwort Ordontoschisma sphagni which trails …

Howierig Muir

…with crowberry Empetrum nigrum and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos is common and sundew Drosera rotundifolia is occasional. Downy birch Betula pubescens scrub and Scots pine Pinus sylvestris have colonised parts of the bog. The bog moss Sphagnum c…

Esgyrn Bottom

… whilst their edges support round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the bog-mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. recurvum. Tussocks of purple moor-grass dominate the disturbed areas where peat cutting and draina…

Muckle Moss

…ary Andromeda polifolia, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, in the intervening hollows. Three rare species of bog moss are present S. riparium, S. balticum and S. dusenii, the last at its only known British locality. Peripheral communities…

Llay Bog

…ith Eriophorum angustifolium and cotton grasses Eriophorum vaginatum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, sundew Drosera rotundifolia and heaths Erica tetralix and Calluna vulgaris.

Newby Moor

…odel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog myrtle Myrica gale with tussocks of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and hummocks of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. In the wettest areas bottle sedge Carex rostrata is abundan…

Harbottle Moors

… by heather Calluna vulgaris with, locally, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and bracken Pteridium aquilinum. In the north where Barrow Scar is being eroded by the River Coquet to produce a scree, the slopes are flushed and species include wild thyme Thymus…

Winmarleigh Moss

…ecies being S. papillosum, S. subnitens, S. recurvum and S. tenellum. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos grows on the Sphagnum hummocks and lawns and is also widespread. Another plant associated with Sphagnum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, is scattered throughout the site,…

Eastern Peak District Moors

…phorum angustifolium. Dwarf shrubs other than heather are less common. Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are the commonest associates, with occasionally cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea. On the central moors, particular…

Cropple How Mire

…og asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog myrtle Myrica gale and devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis over Sphagnum mosses and shallow peat. To the west of the track the underlying peat is deeper and wetter indicat…

Wallis Moor

… S. papillosum being especially well represented, along with a little cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Heath-spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata is scattered over the common and common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre occupy the most wate…

Wester Moss

…ail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos also occur, along with the nationally scarce bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia -here approaching the northern limits of its distribution in the UK.

Brimham Rocks

…d adjacent to the rocks consist primarily of heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa with scattered birch Betula sp., rowan Sorbus aucuparia and oak Quercus robur. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum occurs around the stacks and cow…

Mynydd Llangyndeyrn

…vegetation with bell heather Erica cinerea, western gorse Ulex gallii, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and the uncommon upland ecotype of tormentil Potentilla erecta sub sp. strictissima. The wetter depressions are dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, sharp-flowered rush…

Lampert Mosses

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

Hurston Warren

…thecium ossifragum, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The bog north of this is totally vegetated by purple moor grass, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, Sphagnum mosses and cross leaved heath. Semi natural woodland occupies much of…

Kirkby Moor

…Height, Crag Height and Bank House Moor, the heather is less dense and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus is more abundant. Cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and bell heather Erica cinerea also occur in varying amounts with crowberry Empetrum nigrum being frequent on Gunson Height and …

Kernick and Ottery Meadows

…rthecium ossifragum–Sphagnum papillosum valley mire, bog bilberry–sphagnum moss Vaccinium oxycoccos–Sphagnum fallax sub-community. This particular community occurs as a mosaic together with purple moor-grass–tormentil Molinia caerulea–Potentilla erecta mire, cross-leaved heath Er…

Kingside Loch

…fen extends into drier blanket bog and flushed wet-heath and contains cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, lesser twayblade orchid Neottia cordata and tall bog sedge Carex magellanica at its only known Borders station. The open water of Kingside Loch is a nutrient-poor (oligotrophic) l…

Auchencorth Moss

…phagnum papillosum, Sphagnum magillanicum and Sphagnum capillifolium. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos occurs in abundance and a range of other characteristic bog plants are present, including sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum…

Steelend Moss

…minant with common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium together with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, both of which are scarce in Fife. To the west the peat becomes wetter with bog mosses and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix increasing in ab…

Woolmer Forest

…grass, bog asphodel and round leaved sundew, while trailing plants of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos grow over the mossy hummocks. The mires of Woolmer Forest and adjacent Shortheath Common support the largest colonies of this species in southern England. The mires and associated …

Rhosydd Llanwrthwl

…th cross-leaved heath and heather. In wetter areas of this community, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum are both prominent. In addition to the typical stands of this community, small areas of different sub-communities also occur. In on…

Brookhouse Moss

… in which bog mosses Sphagnum spp. cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum are dominant. The nationally rare bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia is present as well as a number of species whic…

Heysham Moss

…ca gale, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. A nationally scarce species, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia is also present. The char…

Winster Wetlands

…mpletely encircled by a mix of open water and sedge dominated swamp. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos may be found on the lawn whilst the outer area supports plants such as creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifo…

Cors Llanllyfni

…arsh thistle Cirsium palustre, and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, sundews Drosera spp. and devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis are also present. There is an intricate mix of other communities due to the small scale variation in topography and…

Astley & Bedford Mosses

…s one are a of heathland at the north eastern edge of the site, where cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos also occurs. The site is important for birds, in particular wintering raptors such as hen harrier, short eared owl and merlin and it supports breeding species such as curlew and l…

Rhosgyll Fawr

…ontoschisma sphagni. Particularly noteworthy is the high frequency of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. In the wettest areas, such as localised depressions and old ditch courses, poor fen communities with species such as water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile and ogbean Menyanthes tri…

Wybunbury Moss

…dant as well as plants such as cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix. Other notable species include round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifrag…

Wan Fell

…as bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba. The fringing wet heath includes cross leaved heath, purple moor grass, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and heath orchid Dactylorhiza maculat…

Clarepool Moss

…re are open areas of Sphagnum bog with characteristic species such as cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and sundew Drosera rotundifolia and also a series of peat cuttings which also contain Sphagnum dominated communities. The main open Sphagnum commu…

Dark Peak

…shrubs such as crowberry Empetrum nigrum, heather Calluna vulgaris and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. In some areas the vegetation is dominated solely by hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. The site shows the full range of erosional features and here the blanket mire is…

Longbridge Muir

…ca. Other species that are present and typical of raised bogs include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia. The plant communities around the drier margins are dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, …

Otterburn Mires

…ude the bog moss S. recurvum, hare’s tail and common cotton grass and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Some of the pools of standing water appear to be natural in origin, whilst others result from military activity, formed in hollows created by shell fire. The heather and hare’s ta…

Derskelpin Moss

…gland and southern Scotland, white-beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The drier bog areas are dominated by heather and sedges. The drier peatland areas, rough pastures and Dernaglar Loch support one of the best moorland breeding bird assemblages in …

Leek Moors

… diverse with grasses, sedges and a variety of ericaceous shrubs, e.g. bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea. Acid grasslands and grass heath mosaics are widespread, both on the open hill and…

Drumburgh Moss

…eristic of intact mires, such as bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, are plentiful. On shallow peat surrounding the raised mire different management regimes have favoured the development of additional habitats of wildlife interest. Old peat cuttin…

Roydon Common

…sh fern Thelypteris palustris and other interesting species including cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and all three species of sundew Drosera spp. The peats get progressively more alkaline near the dr…

Collymoon Moss

…ositive indicator species such as white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, and bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia.

Moorthwaite Moss

…m, Eriophorum angustifolium, cross leaved heath, round leaved sundew, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and a relative profusion of the uncommon bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. The white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba has also been recorded. Old peat cuttings that are more shaded, by…

Loch Macanrie Fens

…s much of the site, supports a variety of Sphagnum mosses, as well as cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog myrtle Myrica gale.

Adderstonlee Moss

… small incipient acid raised bog with sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos developing on the fen peat of the basin. The site has an outstanding variety of bog mosses or Sphagnum. Although not notified features, the nationally scarce plants coralroot orchi…

Tranmire

…ng is still in progress, there is an interesting relict bog flora with bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, cranberry V. oxycoccos, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia, bog moss and, in wetter channels, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bot…

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