This is a list of bogs, wetland mires that accumulate peat from dead plant material, usually sphagnum moss.[1] Bogs are sometimes called quagmires (technically all bogs are quagmires while not all quagmires are necessarily bogs) and the soil which composes them is sometimes referred to as muskeg; alkaline mires are called fens rather than bogs.
Locations of bogs[edit]
Europe[edit]
Czech Republic[edit]
- Modravské Slatě - a bog in the Šumava region of the Czech Republic
- Rejvíz - a Moravian-Silesian peat bog with small lakes in the Czech Republic
Estonia[edit]
- Emajõe-Suursoo - a large swampland around the river Emajõgi
- Kakerdaja Bog - in Albu Parish
- Kuresoo Bog in Soomaa National Park - a largest bog in Estonia ("Soomaa" means "Bogland")
- Niitvälja Bog - is a fen in Harju County
- Nigula Bog - a nature reserve in Pärnu County
- Viru Bog - a bog in Lahemaa National Park in Harju County
- Puhatu Bog - a vast swamp area located in Ida-Viru County
Latvia[edit]
- Ķemeri National Park Bog - a popular tourist destination
Germany[edit]
- Bornrieth Moor - an old peat bog in the district of Celle in Lower Saxony
- Bullenkuhle
- Großes Moor - a lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in East Germany
- Großes Moor - a moor on the Lüneburg Heath near Becklingen
- Großes Moor - a raised peat bog near Gifhorn in Lower Saxony
- Großes Moor - a large bogland in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia
- Großes Torfmoor - a raised peat bog in the northeast of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany
- Grundloses Moor
- Kiehnmoor
- Lütt-Witt Moor - a bog in Henstedt-Ulzburg in northern Germany
- Maujahn Moor - a kettle bog near Dannenberg in Lower Saxony
- Oppenweher Moor
- Ostenholz Moor
- Pietzmoor
- Teufelsmoor
- Thorsberg moor - a bog near Süderbrarup in Anglia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Tiste Bauernmoor
- Vehmsmoor
Ireland[edit]
- Bog of Allen - a large peat bog in the centre of Ireland
- Boora Bog - cutaway peat bog in County Offaly, Ireland
- Clara Bog - a raised bog in County Offaly, Ireland
- Raheenmore Bog - a raised bog in County Offaly, Ireland
- Ballynagrenia and Ballinderry Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Carn Park Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Clareisland Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Cloncrow Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Clonydonnin Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Crosswood Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Garriskil Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Lough Derravaragh Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Lough Garr Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Milltownpass Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Moneybeg Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Mount Hevey Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Nure Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Scargh Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Wooddown Bog, small bog in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Ballykenny-Fisherstown Bog, bog in County Longford, Ireland
- Aghnamona Bog, bog in County Leitrim and County Longford, Ireland
- Cashel Bog, bog in County Leitrim, Ireland
- Cloonageeher Bog, bog in County Leitrim and County Longford, Ireland
- Corracramph Bog, bog in County Leitrim, Ireland
- Corry Mountain Bog, bog in County Leitrim and County Roscommon, Ireland
Nordic countries[edit]
- Lille Vildmose - a peat bog near Aalborg, Denmark
- Bockstens Mosse - a bog in Halland County, Sweden
- Borremose - a raised bog in central Himmerland, Denmark.
- Hirvisuo Bog - a bog near Oulu, Finland
- Laponian area - the mires in Sjaunja Nature Reserve, Muddus National Park and Stubba Nature Reserve, part of the Laponian area, together form one of Europe's largests bogs, Sweden
- Store Mosse - national park with the largest boggy grounds south of Lapland, Sweden
- Tavvavuoma - arctic tundra with palsa mires, Sweden
Switzerland[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
- Astley and Bedford Mosses - peat located in Astley, Greater Manchester
- Ballynahone Bog - a raised bog and the largest in Northern Ireland
- Carrington Moss - peat bog located in Trafford, Greater Manchester
- Chat Moss - peat bog located in Salford, Greater Manchester
- Cors Caron - peat bog near Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales
- Cors Fochno - peat bog near Borth, Ceredigion, Wales
- Crymlyn Bog - a nature reserve near Swansea, Wales
- Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses - a national nature reserve which straddles the border between England and Wales
- Flanders Moss - a national nature reserve and the largest lowland raised bog in Britain; west of Stirling, Scotland
- Fleet Moss - a large peat blanket bog in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England
- Flow Country - the largest expanse of blanket bog in Europe - Caithness and Sutherland, Scotland
- Lenzie Moss - a boggy, marshy area in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
- Lindow Moss - an ancient peat bog west of Wilmslow, Cheshire. Bog body of Lindow Man was discovered there in 1983
- 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, North Somerset, in England
- Migneint - a large expanse of blanket bog in southern Snowdonia in Wales
- Moine Mhor ("Great Moss") - a national nature reserve managed by Scottish Natural Heritage near Kilmartin, Scotland
- Moseley Bog - a nature reserve in the Moseley area of Birmingham in England
- Portlethen Moss - a nature reserve in northeast Scotland
- Red Moss of Netherley - a bog in Netherley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Red Moss - a wetland bog located in Horwich, Greater Manchester
- Rannoch Moor - an expanse of around 50 square miles (130 km2) of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch in Scotland
- Wem Moss - an almost pristine part of the same British moss complex as Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield mosses, but isolated from them by agricultural land
- Yanal Bog - a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern edge of the North Somerset Levels in England
Americas[edit]
Canada[edit]
- Alfred Bog - a dome bog in eastern Ontario, Canada sphagnum bog east of Ottawa in eastern Ontario
- The Bog - a putrescent lowland in Saint-Henri, Quebec known for its diverse array of toads and squires
- Burns Bog - in British Columbia, the largest domed peat bog in North America
- Eagle Hill Bog - A small spaghnum bog on Campobello Island, New Brunswick
- Johnville Bog & Forest Park - Sherbrooke, Quebec, a sphagnum bog
- 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
- Sifton Bog in London, Ontario
United States[edit]
- Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve - a high-elevation bog located on a plateau on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi.
- Black Spruce Bog Natural Area - a national natural landmark in Michigan's Waterloo State Recreation Area
- Big Bog State Recreation Area - a recent addition to the Minnesota state park system
- Quaking Bog - 5-acre acid bog tucked into the wooded hills of Theodore Wirth Park on the western edge of Minneapolis, Minnesota
- The Bog Garden - a nature preserve, botanical garden, and city park located in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Brown’s Lake Bog - in Wayne County, Ohio, one of the few remaining kettle peatlands in the U.S. state of Ohio. It has a kettle lake, kame, and a floating sphagnum moss mat.
- Cedar Bog Nature Preserve - in Urbana, Ohio, a glacial relic due to conditions creating a microclimate that has allowed the survival of plant associations similar to those in northern Michigan
- Cranberry Glades - Pocahontas County, West Virginia
- Glacier Park Bog - a small bog located near Greenwood, Illinois
- Heath Pond Bog - a sphagnum bog in Ossipee New Hampshire
- Ink Blot Natural Area Preserve - a sphagnum bog in western Washington
- Joseph Pines Preserve - a longleaf pine and pitcher plant/sphagnum bog nature preserve in southern Virginia [1]
- Magnolia bog - a rare form of wetland ecosystem found primarily in the Washington metropolitan area
- Massawepie Mire - the largest peatland in New York
- McLean Bogs - two small kettle bogs located in Dryden, New York; one acidic and one alkaline. (restricted public access)
- Minden Bog - 9,000 acre raised bog, Sanilac County, Michigan
- Pinhook Bog - a nature preserve in northwest Indiana, a part of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
- Rhine Center Bog, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin [2]
- Ranger Lake Bog, at Bay-Lakes Cub Scout Camp Rokilio, Manitowoc County, near Kiel, Wisconsin, 18.5 acre acidic bog
- Spruce Hole Bog - a complete ecological community occupying a true kettle hole in Strafford County, New Hampshire
- Spruce Flats Bog - formed in a natural depression following excessive logging atop Laurel Ridge, part of the Allegheny Mountains, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
- Stillwater Bog - a sphagnum bog in Snoqualmie, Washington. Home to threatened species such as few-flowered sedge, mountain bladderwort, and state-candidate Beller's ground beetle.[2]
- Tannersville Cranberry Bog - a sphagnum bog in Pennsylvania
- Tom S. Cooperrider-Kent Bog State Nature Preserve - A 42-acre (170,000 m2) bog in Kent, Ohio
- Saco Heath Preserve - a nature preserve in Saco, Maine
- Hawley Bog Preserve - a nature preserve and a well preserved unspoiled New England bog in Hawley, Massachusetts
- Strangmoor Bog - a national natural landmark in Michigan's Upper Peninsula[3]
- Volo Bog - a nature preserve in Illinois
- Zurich Bog - a national natural landmark in Arcadia, New York
- West Hylebos Wetlands Park in Federal Way, Washington[3]
Asia[edit]
- 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)
Oceania[edit]
New Zealand[edit]
- Moanatuatua - a remnant of a large restiad raised bog located south of Hamilton, Waikato
- Kopuatai - the largest raised bog in New Zealand. Formed from restiad plant species and a designated Ramsar site
References[edit]
- ^ Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- ^ "Snoqualmie Bog Natural Area Preserve | WA - DNR". www.dnr.wa.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ^ McDonald, Cathy (2009-12-24). "History and a rare peat bog at West Hylebos Wetlands Park". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2019-09-12.