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...

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 kilometres...

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

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...

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...

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...

Ireland Boora Bog - cutaway peat bog in County Offaly, Ireland Clara Bog - a raised bog in County Offaly, Ireland Raheenmore Bog - a raised bog in County...

Crowberry Bog is an ombrotrophic raised bog on the Olympic Peninsula. Crowberry Bog Natural Area Preserve | WA - DNR Crowberry Musings Ecohydrological...

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...

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...

Conservation status under three criteria: the presence of active raised bog, of degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration, and of depressions...

fewer numbers in this western bog than is typical in midlands raised bogs. The degraded raised bog habitat consists of high bog where peat cutting, drainage...

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...

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...

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...

2000 sites in Nousiainen: the Kurjenrahka National Park and the Rehtisuo Raised Bog. Nousiainen was an "ancient parish" (a unit of social organization) before...

Moss is a raised bog in Cumbria, England. In 1998 it was bought by Cumbria Wildlife Trust, which has worked to reverse damage caused to the bog by drainage...

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...

Swamps, marshes, mires, bogs, and fens are important parts of the natural landscape in Belarus. Vast swamplands historically covered the country, and currently...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

the active raised bog is well-developed but to be found in only a relatively small, wet part of the high bog surface. The active raised bog area includes...

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...

Bettisfield, Wem & Cadney Moss Complex and form Britain's third-largest lowland raised bog, covering 2,388 acres (966 ha). The reserve is part of the Midland Meres...