Hyperoceanic low-altitude blanket bogs, typically with dominant Trichophorum

Description (English)

Hyper-Atlantic blanket bogs of the western coastlands of Ireland, western Scotland and its islands, Cumberland, northern Wales and Devon, developed under very high rainfall climates. The main vascular plants are Molinia caerulea, Eriophorum angustifolium, Eriophorum vaginatum, Scirpus cespitosus, Schoenus nigricans, Rhynchospora alba, Narthecium ossifragum, Carex panicea, Calluna vulgaris, Erica tetralix, Myrica gale, Pedicularis sylvatica, Potentilla erecta, Polygala serpyllifolia, Pinguicula lusitanica, Drosera rotundifolia. The colourful mucinal layer comprises the black and crimson liverwort Pleurozia purpurea, the black and gold moss Campylopus atrovirens, the wooly fringe moss Racomitrium lanuginosum; it is often dominated by sphagna (Sphagnum auriculatum, Sphagnum magellanicum, Sphagnum compactum, Sphagnum papillosum, Sphagnum nemoreum, Sphagnum rubellum, Sphagnum tenellum, Sphagnum subnitens), or, particularly in parts of western Ireland, mucilaginous algal deposits (Zygogonium).

Source: EUNIS habitat classification