Designations
Official nameBlack Bog
Designated28 July 2000
Reference no.1032[1]

Black Bog is a raised bog in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, situated about 17km west of Cookstown.[2]

Features

Ramsar site

The Black Bog Ramsar site[3] (wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention), is 183.42 hectares in area. It lies at Latitude 54° 40' 21" N and Longitude 07° 01' 00" W, south of the C612 road (Blackbog Road) in Formil townland. It was designated a Ramsar site on 14 December 1999. It is a large and relatively intact example of a lowland raised bog.[2]

Flora and fauna

The area is thickly covered by various Sphagnum species and exhibits an unusual plant community including Empetrum nigrum which locally also provides a high cover and Cladonia impexa in large hummocks. No noteworthy fauna has been reported.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Black Bog". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Designated and Proposed Ramsar sites in Northern Ireland" (PDF). Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Black Bog Ramsar site". NI Environment Agency. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
  4. ^ Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS). Black Bog (PDF). Ramsar. May 2005.

54°40′19″N 7°01′14″W / 54.67194°N 7.02056°W / 54.67194; -7.02056

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