List of bogs
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This is a list of bogs.
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[edit] 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
[edit] Locations of bogs
[edit] 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 in near Swansea, Wales
- Hirvisuo Bog - a bog near Oulu, Finland
- Lütt-Witt Moor - a bog in Henstedt-Ulzburg in northern 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
[edit] Americas
- Strangmoor Bog - a national natural landmark in Michigan's Upper Peninsula[1]
- 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]http://www.parc-johnville.qc.ca/welcome.htm] - Sherbrooke Québec, A sphagnum bog
[edit] 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)
[edit] Canada
- Burns Bog - a raised bog in Delta, British Columbia. Website is http://www.burnsbog.org/
- Mer Bleue Conservation Area - Part of the Ottawa's Green Belt. Website is http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?cid=16297-16299-9735-9743&lang=1
[edit] See also
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