10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAISED BOG»
Discover the use of
raised bog in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
raised bog and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Most of the peatland is a mildly raised bog, with slight doming in one section,
dotted with a few secondary pools. It also has some minero- trophic sections.
Much of the surface is forested and/or shrubbed. Carrying Place Cove, near
Lubec.
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the british islands and their vegetation
Valley Bog and Raised Bog 675 Valley bog and Raised bog. Valley bog is
developed where water, draining from relatively acidic rocks, stagnates in a flat
bottomed valley or depression, so as to keep the soil constantly wet. In such
situations ...
A. G. Tansley (Sir), 1949
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Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe
Schematic map of an ombro-soligenous bog with fen, intermediate and raised
bog complexes in the high montane Spruce belt of the Harz(e.g. the Sonnenberg
mire on the southern slope of the Bruch mountain in the Harz) . After Jensen ...
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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning: ...
▻raised bog; conserv. ▻rewatering of a bog; geo. min. ▻shallow bog; geo. phyt.
▻spring water bog [US]/spring-water bog [UK]; pedol. ▻transition bog; conserv.
land'man. ▻worked bog. bog [n], concentric domed geo. ▻lens-shaped raised ...
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Soft Soil Engineering: Proceedings of the Fourth ...
1 General Testing of the various penetrometers was conducted at both a raised
and blanket bog site. The raised bog site is located near Limerick and the blanket
bog site is located on the outskirts of Loughrea, Co. Galway. An additional T-bar ...
Dave H. Chan, K. Tim Law, 2006
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Ingenious Ireland: A County-by-County Exploration of the ...
First there is a freshwater lake, then a fen. finally a raised bog. ©BordnaMdna
INGENIOUS IRELAND The new wetland at Turraun. created from flooded
cutaway bog,. vast ancient lake that covered the midlands immediately after the
last Ice ...
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Handbook of Biodiversity Methods: Survey, Evaluation and ...
Birds may perch on them, resulting in localised nutrient enrichment from
droppings. Vegetation can be quite heterogeneous, and is amenable to
investigation through transects and by stratified sampling. 5.8 LOWLAND
RAISED BOG ...
Even that well-known brand of S. lager could not penetrate to the lower reaches
of a raised bog. Drainage of the mire at its surface is not a simple matter,
Sphagnum mosses — the powerhouse of a bog far beneath the growing plants,
insulated ...
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Environmental History of the Rhine-Meuse Delta: An ...
The widest belt of raised bog extended between the Pleistocene soils in the east
and the dune barriers from the SW Delta, via the Central Delta to the NW Delta,
covering (what is presently called) the Wadden Sea, over a distance of hundreds
...
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Restoration of Lakes, Streams, Floodplains, and Bogs in ...
The site includes an ombrotrophic raised bog of about 7 ha surrounded by
waterlogged spruce forest. The raised bog is still active with a large open bog
expanse. It is a good example of a patterned sloping bog with a well-developed
surface ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAISED BOG»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
raised bog is used in the context of the following news items.
Some 685ha of raised bogs to be restored across seven counties
Some 685ha of raised bogs on 17 Coillte owned sites across seven counties are to be restored as part of a major nature conservation project which was ... «Agriland, May 15»
Delegates flock to Athlone for biodiversity plan review
The main objective of the project is to restore raised bog habitats at several ... To date, over 1,000ha of raised bog has been restored and Bord na Móna will ... «Westmeath Independent, Feb 15»
99% gone, and still going.
The original pristine raised bog area of 311,000 hectares has been reduced to 18,000 hectares. As of the last Report to the EU, 99% of the actively growing ... «Village, Jan 15»
The bog issue and why it was important in the byelection
A total of 139 raised bogs have been designated for protection under the directive. Since 2011, this Government has been moving to ensure it is no longer in ... «Irish Times, Oct 14»
Turf-cutters receive €9m for closure of raised bogs
The Government has spent almost €9 million to date on compensation payments to turf-cutters affected by the designation of 53 bogs as special areas of ... «Irish Times, Jul 14»
Rare moss thought to be extinct in Ireland found in Offaly bog
The 450 hectare Clara Bog is one of the finest examples of raised bog in Ireland. A Nature Reserve and Special Area of Conservation, Clara Bog's formation ... «Irish Times, Jun 14»
3000 farmers have applied for bog compensation
Almost 3,000 farmers with bog have applied for compensation under the cessation of ... In relation to the remaining 48 raised bog special areas of conservation, ... «Agriland, Apr 14»
Turf-cutting to continue under peatlands plan
Turf-cutting will be allowed to continue on several of the 53 raised bogs of European importance under a long-term strategic plan for Ireland's peatlands, the ... «Irish Times, Jan 14»
'Ming, lies and our obliterated raised bogs'
Illegal turf-cutting of 'raised bogs' in EU-designated Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) will cease (except in exceptional cases where the EU will be asked to ... «Village, Aug 13»
Turf-cutters say more than 30 protected bogs have been cut
Turf-cutters in the west estimate that more than 30 of the 53 raised bogs where harvesting is banned have been cut so far this summer in defiance of EU habitats ... «Irish Times, Aug 13»
