Moorland and Bog

Plants of Moorland and Bog

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Mountain Pansy

The following plants were photographed at Wem Moss which is a nature reserve located in North Shropshire. They are growing on a raised bog which is now very rare habitat. The "raised bog" develops on peat produced by Sphagnum moss. This moss can be seen on some of the Sundew photographs. The centre of the bog becomes raised above the surrounding land, the sphagnum moss being able to absorb and retain moisture from the atmosphere.

	Round Leaved Sundew	The sphagnum peat is acid and lacks plant nutrients. The sundews have adapted to this by catching insects to provide the necessary nutients.
Small insects are trapped on sticky globules at the end of leaf hairs. These can be seen in the photograph above.		Sundew showing flower spike
	Bog Rosemary
		Bog Asphodel

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