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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] Bogs are sometimes called quagmires (technically all bogs are quagmires while not all quagmires are necessarily bogs) and the soil which composes them is sometimes referred to as muskeg; alkaline mires are called fens rather than bogs.

Locations of bogs

Europe

Czech Republic

  • Modravské Slatě - a bog in the Šumava region of the Czech Republic
  • Rejvíz - a Moravian-Silesian peat bog with small lakes in the Czech Republic

Estonia

  • Emajõe-Suursoo - a large swampland around the river Emajõgi
  • Kakerdaja Bog - in Albu Parish
  • Kuresoo Bog in Soomaa National Park - a largest bog in Estonia ("Soomaa" means "Bogland")
  • Niitvälja Bog - is a fen in Harju County
  • Nigula Bog - a nature reserve in Pärnu County
  • Viru Bog - a bog in Lahemaa National Park in Harju County
  • Puhatu Bog - a vast swamp area located in Ida-Viru County

Latvia

  • Ķemeri National Park Bog - a popular tourist destination

Germany

  • Bornrieth Moor - an old peat bog in the district of Celle in Lower Saxony
  • Bullenkuhle
  • Großes Moor - a lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in East Germany
  • Großes Moor - a moor on the Lüneburg Heath near Becklingen
  • Großes Moor - a raised peat bog near Gifhorn in Lower Saxony
  • Großes Moor - a large bogland in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Großes Torfmoor - a raised peat bog in the northeast of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany
  • Grundloses Moor
  • Kiehnmoor
  • Lütt-Witt Moor - a bog in Henstedt-Ulzburg in northern Germany
  • Maujahn Moor - a kettle bog near Dannenberg in Lower Saxony
  • Oppenweher Moor
  • Ostenholz Moor
  • Pietzmoor
  • Teufelsmoor
  • Thorsberg moor - a bog near Süderbrarup in Anglia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  • Tiste Bauernmoor
  • Vehmsmoor

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
  • Raheenmore Bog - a raised bog in County Offaly, Ireland
  • Ballynagrenia and Ballinderry Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
  • Carn Park Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, 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
  • 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
  • Mount Hevey Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
  • Nure Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
  • Scargh Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
  • Wooddown Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
  • Ballykenny-Fisherstown Bog, bog in County Longford, Ireland
  • Aghnamona Bog, bog in County Leitrim and County Longford, Ireland
  • Cashel Bog, bog in County Leitrim, Ireland
  • Cloonageeher Bog, bog in County Leitrim and County Longford, Ireland
  • Corracramph Bog, bog in County Leitrim, Ireland
  • Corry Mountain Bog, bog in County Leitrim and County Roscommon, Ireland

Nordic countries

  • Lille Vildmose - a peat bog near Aalborg, Denmark
  • Bockstens Mosse - a bog in Halland County, Sweden
  • Borremose - 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

  • List of raised and transitional bogs of Switzerland

United Kingdom

  • Astley and Bedford Mosses - peat located in Astley, Greater Manchester
  • Ballynahone Bog - a raised bog and the largest in Northern Ireland
  • Carrington Moss - peat bog located in Trafford, Greater Manchester
  • Chat Moss - peat bog located in Salford, Greater Manchester
  • Cors Caron - peat bog near Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales
  • Cors Fochno - peat bog near Borth, Ceredigion, Wales
  • Crymlyn Bog - a nature reserve near Swansea, Wales
  • Fenn'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, Scotland
  • Fleet Moss - a large peat blanket bog in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England
  • Flow Country - the largest expanse of blanket bog in Europe - Caithness and Sutherland, Scotland
  • Lenzie 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 1983
  • Matley Bog - an ancient woodland bog in the New Forest, Hampshire, England
  • Max Bog - a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of the village of Winscombe, North Somerset, in England
  • Migneint - 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 England
  • Portlethen Moss - a nature reserve in northeast Scotland
  • Red Moss of Netherley - a bog in Netherley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  • Red Moss - a wetland bog located in Horwich, Greater Manchester
  • Rannoch 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

  • Alfred Bog - a dome bog in eastern Ontario, Canada sphagnum bog east of Ottawa in eastern Ontario
  • The Bog - a putrescent lowland in Saint-Henri, Quebec known for its diverse array of toads and squires
  • Burns Bog - in British Columbia, the largest domed peat bog in North America
  • Eagle Hill Bog - A small spaghnum bog on Campobello Island, New Brunswick
  • Johnville Bog & Forest Park - Sherbrooke, Quebec, a sphagnum bog
  • Kennedy River Bog Provincial Park - a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada
  • Mer Bleue Conservation Area - a sphagnum bog east of Ottawa in eastern Ontario
  • Sifton Bog in London, Ontario

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 system
  • Quaking Bog - 5-acre acid bog tucked into the wooded hills of Theodore Wirth Park on the western edge of Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • The Bog Garden - a nature preserve, botanical garden, and city park located in Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Brown’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 Michigan
  • Cranberry Glades - Pocahontas County, West Virginia
  • Glacier Park Bog - a small bog located near Greenwood, Illinois
  • Heath Pond Bog - a sphagnum bog in Ossipee New Hampshire
  • Ink Blot Natural Area Preserve - a sphagnum bog in western Washington
  • Joseph 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 area
  • Massawepie Mire - the largest peatland in New York
  • McLean 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 Hampshire
  • Spruce 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 Pennsylvania
  • Tom 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 Illinois
  • Zurich Bog - a national natural landmark in Arcadia, New York
  • West Hylebos Wetlands Park in Federal Way, Washington[3]

Asia

  • The world's largest peat bog, located in Western Siberia, is thawing for the first time in 11,000 years (see Peat)

Oceania

New Zealand

  • Moanatuatua - a remnant of a large restiad raised bog located south of Hamilton, Waikato
  • Kopuatai - the largest raised bog in New Zealand. Formed from restiad plant species and a designated Ramsar site

References

  1. ↑ Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
  2. ↑ "Snoqualmie Bog Natural Area Preserve | WA - DNR". https://www.dnr.wa.gov/snoqualmie-bog-natural-area-preserve. 
  3. ↑ McDonald, Cathy (2009-12-24). "History and a rare peat bog at West Hylebos Wetlands Park". https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/history-and-a-rare-peat-bog-at-west-hylebos-wetlands-park/. 

See also



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