Raised bogs, also called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet habitats that are poor in mineral salts and are home to flora and fauna that can cope with...

The various types of raised bog may be divided into: Coastal bog Plateau bog Upland bog Kermi bog String bog Palsa bog Polygonal bog In cool climates with...

is also called a bog pool, bog eye, raised bog kolk, bog kolk or just kolk. Bog ponds owe their existence to the growth of the bog body and are thus...

Creek Raised Bog is a 40-acre raised bog located in Randolph County, Indiana, near Farmland. Identified as one of the few post-glacial raised bogs remaining...

of raised and transitional bogs of Switzerland Astley and Bedford Mosses - peat located in Astley, Greater Manchester Ballynahone Bog - a raised bog and...

A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog. Such bodies, sometimes known as bog people, are both geographically and...

The Bog of Allen (Irish: Móin Alúine) is a large raised bog in the centre of Ireland between the rivers Liffey and Shannon. The bog's 958 square kilometers...

Their bog site, on the Acadian Peninsula, was previously used for block-cutting peat for fuel and so consisted of ditches of Sphagnum and raised areas...

water. This eventually choked the lakes and raised above the surface, forming raised bogs.: 5–10  Blanket bogs are essentially a product of human activity...

from Latin, and essentially translates to "boggy head," referring to the raised bog (Hochmoor). Another interpretation of the name is derived from the terms...

this site is protected as an SAC are the presence of active raised bog, of degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration, and of depressions...

Ballynahone Bog (from Irish Baile na hAbhann 'townland of the river') is a raised bog, situated in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, about 3 km south...

away and the sponge-like bog moss and plants soaked it up. The vascular plants characteristic of raised bogs (an example is the Bog of Allen) include: common...

Nutrient introduction, fertilisation, eutrophication Floating island Raised bog Bog pond Colditz 1994, p. 80. Colditz, Gabriele (1994). Auen, Moore, Feuchtwiesen:...

form part of the structure of certain types of raised bog, such as plateau, kermi, palsa or string bog. The hummocks alternate with shallow wet depressions...

wild bog”) is a raised bog in the hinterland in the municipalities of Aalborg and Mariagerfjord, Denmark. It is the largest remaining raised bog in Northwestern...

This is a list of raised and transitional bogs of Switzerland. It is based on the Federal Inventory of Raised and Transitional Bogs of National Importance...

slowly spread into drier conditions, forming larger mires, both raised bogs and blanket bogs. Thus, Sphagnum can influence the composition of such habitats...

gradually built up above the bog mud in the centre of the bog, forming a raised bog. The increased elevation in the centre cut the bog off from the direct influx...

Sheheree Bog is a raised bog and national nature reserve of approximately 22 acres (0.089 km2) in County Kerry. Sheheree Bog was legally protected as...

habitat is the raised bog. The bog also contains edible wild berries such as cranberries, crowberries, cloudberries and blueberries. Raised bog is not rich...

raised bog. Its surface appearance resembles that of the northern kermi bogs. From its central plateau which lies near the higher edge of the bog in...

52.506050; 8.515619 The Oppenwehe Moor (German: Oppenweher Moor) is a raised bog in the natural region of Diepholz Moor Depression (Diepholzer Moorniederung)...

Hornisgrinde plateau and raised bog (2004). Behind: transmission mast and wind generators...

three habitat types: the presence of active raised bogs (priority habitat), the presence of degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration, and...

Burns Bog is an ombrotrophic peat bog located in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest raised peat bog and the largest undeveloped urban...

steep mountain ridges, stone runs, relatively flat plateaus with many raised bogs and long, narrow V-shaped valleys, of which the Bode Gorge, the Oker...

A string bog or string mire is a bog consisting of slightly elevated ridges and islands, with woody plants, alternating with flat, wet sedge mat areas...

Black Bog is a raised bog in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, situated about 17km west of Cookstown. The Black Bog Ramsar site (wetlands of international...

Cors Caron is a raised bog in Ceredigion, Wales. Cors is the Welsh word for "bog". Cors Caron covers an area of approximately 349 hectares (862 acres)...