McKean's Moss ASSI

Protected area type: Areas of Special Scientific Interest
Feature type: 
  • Habitat
County: 
  • Tyrone
Council: Derry and Strabane
Guidance and literature: McKean's Moss ASSI

McKean's Moss is the most extreme north - western example of lowland raised bog in Northern Ireland. 

The intact bog surface exhibits a well defined dome with characteristic vegetation and structural features, including hummock and lawn complexes and small shallow pools. Sphagnum species are well represented. 

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