Ballynahone Bog
Flora and fauna
Flora and fauna
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The bog vegetation features a high percentage cover of [sphagnum](/wiki/Sphagnum "Sphagnum") mosses, ericoid dwarf\-shrubs such as cross\-leaved heath [Erica tetralix](/wiki/Erica_tetralix "Erica tetralix") and heather [Calluna vulgaris](/wiki/Calluna "Calluna"), and other associated species such as hare's\-tail cottongrass
[Eriophorum vaginatum](/wiki/Eriophorum_vaginatum "Eriophorum vaginatum"), common cottongrass [Eriophorum angustifolium](/wiki/Common_Cottongrass "Common Cottongrass"), deergrass *Trichophorum cespitosum* and [sundew](/wiki/Sundew "Sundew") species *Drosera*. Additional species, also well represented within the bog include Bog Asphodel [Narthecium ossifragum](/wiki/Narthecium_ossifragum "Narthecium ossifragum") and White Beak\-sedge [Rhynchospora alba](/wiki/Rhynchospora_alba "Rhynchospora alba"), with occasional patches of Bog\-myrtle [Myrica gale](/wiki/Myrica_gale "Myrica gale") also occurring.


Are there any relationships between the types of plants found in bogs and the climate or geography of the area?