List of bogs

List of bogs

This is a list of bogs.

Types of bogs

*String bog - a bog consisting of slightly elevated ridges and islands, with woody plants, alternating with flat, wet sedge mat areas
*Raised bog

Locations of bogs

Europe

*Ballynahone Bog - a raised bog and the largest in Northern Ireland
*Bockstens Mosse - a bog in Halland County, Sweden
*Bjældskovdal Bog - a peat bog near Silkeborg, Denmark
*Bog of Allen - a large peat bog in the centre of the Republic of Ireland
*Clara bog - a raised bog in County Offaly, Republic of Ireland
*Cors Caron - peat bog near Tregaron, Wales
*Crymlyn Bog - a nature reserve near Swansea, Wales
*Hirvisuo Bog - a bog near Oulu, Finland
*Lütt-Witt Moor - a bog in Henstedt-Ulzburg in northern Germany
*Großes Torfmoor - a raised peat bog in the northeast of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany
*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, Avon, in England
*Modravské Slatě - a bog in the Šumava region of the Czech Republic
*Moseley Bog - a nature reserve in the Moseley area of Birmingham in England
*Nigula Bog - a nature reserve in Pärnu County, Estonia
*Portlethen Moss - a nature reserve in northeast Scotland
*Red Moss of Netherley - a bog in Netherley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
*Rejvíz - a Moravian-Silesian peat bog with small lakes in the Czech Republic
*Thorsberg moor - a bog near Süderbrarup in Anglia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
*Viru Bog - a bog in Lahemaa National Park in Harju County, Estonia
*Yanal Bog - a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern edge of the North Somerset Levels in England

Americas

*Strangmoor Bog - a national natural landmark in Michigan's Upper Peninsula [http://www1.nature.nps.gov/nnl/Registry/USA_Map/States/Michigan/NNL/SB/index.cfm]
*Big Bog State Recreation Area - a recent addition to the Minnesota state park system
*The Bog Garden - a nature preserve, botanical garden, and city park located in Greensboro, North Carolina
*Burns Bog - the largest domed peat bog in North America
*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
*Spruce Hole Bog - a complete ecological community occupying a true kettle hole in Strafford County, New Hampshire
*Tannersville Cranberry Bog - A sphagnum bog in Pennsylvania
*Tom S. Cooperrider-Kent Bog State Nature Preserve - A 42 Acre bog in Kent in Ohio.
*Volo Bog - a nature preserve in Illinois
*Johnville Bog and Forest Park - Sherbrooke Québec, A sphagnum bog
*Saco Heath Preserve - a nature preserve in southern Maine

Asia

*The world's largest peat bog, located in Western Siberia, is thawing for the first time in 11,000 years (see Peat#Environmental and ecological issues)

See also

*Differences between bogs and other wetlands
**Muskeg
**Fen
*Bog body
*Bog iron
*Bog snorkelling


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