Luhasoo bog in Estonia . The mire has tussocks of heather, and is being colonised by pine trees. This is a list of bogs , wetland mires that accumulate peat from dead plant material, usually sphagnum moss .[ 1] muskeg ; alkaline mires are called fens rather than bogs.
Locations of bogs
Europe
Czechia
Estonia
Latvia
Germany
Aghnamona Bog , bog in County Leitrim and County Longford , Ireland Ardgraigue Bog - small active raised bog in County Galway Ireland Ballykenny-Fisherstown Bog , bog in County Longford , Ireland Ballynafagh Bog , small active raised bog in County Kildare , Ireland Ballynagrenia and Ballinderry Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Bog of Allen - a large peat bog in the centre of Ireland Boora Bog - cutaway peat bog in County Offaly , Ireland Clara Bog - a raised bog in County Offaly , Ireland Bellanagare Bog , small bog in County Roscommon , Ireland Carn Park Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Cashel Bog , bog in County Leitrim , Ireland Clareisland Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Cloncrow Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Clonydonnin Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Cloonageeher Bog , bog in County Leitrim and County Longford , Ireland Cloonchambers Bog , small bog in County Roscommon , Ireland Corracramph Bog , bog in County Leitrim , Ireland Corry Mountain Bog , bog in County Leitrim and County Roscommon , Ireland Crosswood Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Garriskil Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Lough Derravaragh Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Lough Garr Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Milltownpass Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Moneybeg Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Mouds Bog , small active raised bog in County Kildare , Ireland Mount Hevey Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Nure Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Raheenmore Bog - a raised bog in County Offaly , Ireland Scargh Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland Wooddown Bog , small bog in County Westmeath , Ireland
Nordic countries
Lille Vildmose - a peat bog near Aalborg , DenmarkBockstens Mosse - a bog in Halland County , SwedenBorremose - a raised bog in central Himmerland, Denmark.Hirvisuo Bog - a bog near Oulu , Finland
Laponian area - the mires in Sjaunja Nature Reserve , Muddus National Park and Stubba Nature Reserve , part of the Laponian area , together form one of Europe's largests bogs, Sweden Store Mosse - national park with the largest boggy grounds south of Lapland , Sweden Tavvavuoma - arctic tundra with palsa mires, Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Astley and Bedford Mosses - peat located in Astley , Greater Manchester Ballynahone Bog - a raised bog and the largest in Northern IrelandCarrington Moss - peat bog located in Trafford , Greater ManchesterChat Moss - peat bog located in Salford , Greater ManchesterCors Caron - peat bog near Tregaron , Ceredigion , WalesCors Fochno - peat bog near Borth , Ceredigion , WalesCrymlyn Bog - a nature reserve near Swansea , WalesFenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses - a national nature reserve which straddles the border between England and Wales Flanders Moss - a national nature reserve and the largest lowland raised bog in Britain; west of Stirling , ScotlandFleet Moss - a large peat blanket bog in the Yorkshire Dales , North Yorkshire , EnglandFlow Country - the largest expanse of blanket bog in Europe - Caithness and Sutherland , ScotlandLenzie Moss - a boggy, marshy area in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.Lindow Moss - an ancient peat bog west of Wilmslow , Cheshire . Bog body of Lindow Man was discovered there in 1983Matley Bog - an ancient woodland bog in the New Forest , Hampshire , EnglandMax Bog - a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of the village of Winscombe , North Somerset , in EnglandMigneint - a large expanse of blanket bog in southern Snowdonia in Wales Moine Mhor ("Great Moss") - a national nature reserve managed by Scottish Natural Heritage near Kilmartin , Scotland
Moseley Bog - a nature reserve in the Moseley area of Birmingham in EnglandPortlethen Moss - a nature reserve in northeast ScotlandRed Moss of Netherley - a bog in Netherley , Aberdeenshire , ScotlandRed Moss - a wetland bog located in Horwich , Greater ManchesterRannoch Moor - an expanse of around 50 square miles (130 km2 ) of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch in Scotland Wem Moss - an almost pristine part of the same British moss complex as Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield mosses, but isolated from them by agricultural land
Yanal Bog - a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern edge of the North Somerset Levels in England
Americas
Canada
United States
Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve - a high-elevation bog located on a plateau on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi .Black Spruce Bog Natural Area - a national natural landmark in Michigan's Waterloo State Recreation Area
Big Bog State Recreation Area - a recent addition to the Minnesota state park systemQuaking Bog - 5-acre acid bog tucked into the wooded hills of Theodore Wirth Park on the western edge of Minneapolis, MinnesotaThe Bog Garden - a nature preserve, botanical garden, and city park located in Greensboro, North CarolinaBrown’s Lake Bog - in Wayne County, Ohio, one of the few remaining kettle peatlands in the U.S. state of Ohio. It has a kettle lake, kame, and a floating sphagnum moss mat.Cedar Bog Nature Preserve - in Urbana, Ohio, a glacial relic due to conditions creating a microclimate that has allowed the survival of plant associations similar to those in northern MichiganCranberry Glades - Pocahontas County, West VirginiaGlacier Park Bog - a small bog located near Greenwood, Illinois
Heath Pond Bog - a sphagnum bog in Ossipee New HampshireInk Blot Natural Area Preserve - a sphagnum bog in western WashingtonJoseph Pines Preserve - a longleaf pine and pitcher plant/sphagnum bog nature preserve in southern Virginia [1] Magnolia bog - a rare form of wetland ecosystem found primarily in the Washington metropolitan areaMassawepie Mire - the largest peatland in New YorkMcLean Bogs - two small kettle bogs located in Dryden, New York; one acidic and one alkaline. (restricted public access)Minden Bog - 9,000 acre raised bog , Sanilac County, Michigan
Pinhook Bog - a nature preserve in northwest Indiana, a part of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Rhine Center Bog, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin [2]
Ranger Lake Bog, at Bay-Lakes Cub Scout Camp Rokilio , Manitowoc County, near Kiel, Wisconsin, 18.5 acre acidic bog
Spruce Hole Bog - a complete ecological community occupying a true kettle hole in Strafford County, New HampshireSpruce Flats Bog - formed in a natural depression following excessive logging atop Laurel Ridge , part of the Allegheny Mountains , in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Stillwater Bog - a sphagnum bog in Snoqualmie, Washington. Home to threatened species such as few-flowered sedge, mountain bladderwort, and state-candidate Beller's ground beetle.[ 2]
Tannersville Cranberry Bog - a sphagnum bog in PennsylvaniaTom S. Cooperrider-Kent Bog State Nature Preserve - A 42-acre (170,000 m2 ) bog in Kent, Ohio Saco Heath Preserve - a nature preserve in Saco, Maine Hawley Bog Preserve - a nature preserve and a well preserved unspoiled New England bog in Hawley, Massachusetts Strangmoor Bog - a national natural landmark in Michigan's Upper Peninsula [3] Volo Bog - a nature preserve in IllinoisZurich Bog - a national natural landmark in Arcadia, New York West Hylebos Wetlands Park in Federal Way, Washington [ 3]
Asia
Oceania
New Zealand
Moanatuatua - a remnant of a large restiad raised bog located south of Hamilton , WaikatoKopuatai - the largest raised bog in New Zealand. Formed from restiad plant species and a designated Ramsar site
See also
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