This feature includes a range of vegetation
on blanket peat in the hills and uplands and raised bogs of the lowlands.
Blanket bog and bog heather moor are the principal plant communities, with
heather (Calluna vulgaris), cotton-grasses (Eriphorum spp), deer-grass (Trichophorum
cespitosum), flying bent (Molinia caerulea) and bog mosses (Sphagnum spp) the
predominant species. The eroded peat sub-category is extensive where high
winds, frost and high rainfall are prevalent. Areas with dubh lochans (many
small pools of open water) are widespread in Northern Scotland.
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| Eroded
peat, with deep hagging, in the Monadhliath Mountains, Central
Highlands |
Dubh
lochans |
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