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Bogland Area (Ireland's ancient boglands make up 17% of the land in…
Bogland Area
- Ireland's ancient boglands make up 17% of the land in the country. They were formed at the last ice age, around 10000 years ago. A bog is a unique landscape with a rich biodiversity. Around 20% of Ireland's bogs are protected for future generations.
- Its not unusual for ancient artefacts to be found in Ireland's bogs. Human remains called bog bodies have been discovered and iternal organs preserved due to acid water, low temperature and lack of oxygen. Clonycavan man is the name given to a bog body found in clonycavan,county,Meath. He probably lived between 392 and 201 BC.
1.In July 2006,Eddie Fogarty was operating his bulldozer to extract turf from the Faddan More Bog in county Tipperary . Eddie noticed an old book falling open in the bucket of his digger he knew it was an artefact . A leather satchel and a wooden key was discovered there in 1999 and 2002 archaeologists uncovered the foundation of several medieval monasteries nearby . The book was taken to national museum for examination
4.A bog contains a dark, wet, acidic soil called peat. Peat develops in landscapes that receive high levels of rainfall all year round. Peat is 90% water and 10% solid material.
- A bog is a waste land in which nothing grows. A bog contains a rich biodiversity of plants and animals .
11.Plants are adapted to wet acidic soil . Plants such as sphagnum moss, cross-leaved heather , and dear grass grow on the lower ground as it is water logged . This i ground is called hummocks
5.The solid material of Peat is made of partly-decayed plant and animal material. The dead plants cannot fully decay because of a lack of oxygen. The plant material builds up, forming layers of peat 2-12 metres deep.
6.Blanket Bog: Ireland contains 8% of the world's blanket bog. This type of bog developed on mountain sides throughout the country, and in lowlands in the west, where rainfall levels are high. Blanket bog contains a shallow layer of peat spread over a large area.
10.Botanists have found rare plants in Irish bogs such as the marsh saxifrage, slender bog cotton and shining sicklemoss.
12.In Irish bog,s rare animals can be found such as the otter and birds such as the hen harrier and Merlin . Most bog birds nest on the ground as their are no trees .
7.Raised Bog: Ireland contains almost 50% of Western Europe's raised bog. This type of bog is found mainly in the Midlands.
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- People can tell approximately when a bog man has lived based on radiocarbon dating.
14.Carnivorous plants such as sundew and butterwort trap mini-beasts with their sticky leaves. Pitcher plants lure mini-beasts with patterns and colours that look like meat. The trapped mini-beasts gradually dissolve and the plants absorb the nutrients.
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- The red grouse's camouflage helps protect it from predators
17.In bog pools, pond skaters and raft spiders use their long legs to spread out their weight evenly, allowing them to walk on the surface. Frogs breed in bog pools.
- The water spider and diving beetle trap an air bubble beneath their stomachs at the surface of the pond. They use these bubbles to breathe while they hunt underwater.
- The water boatman traps a layer of air around its wing cases which helps it to breathe underwater.
- The bladderwort flower has trigger hairs and trap doors to catch insects. When a hair is triggered by the touch of an insect, a trap door opens in the bladder sac. The insect is sucked inside by the vacuum and the door shuts.
- A habitat is a place or environment in which a plant or animal naturally lives or grows. An ecosystem refers to a community of plants and animals that share a habitat and interact and depend on one another through a food web.
- A food web is made up of a number of linked food chains .
- Turf has been cut and used as fuel in Ireland for thousands of years but the Irish Peatland Conservation Council has been set up to conserve (protect) boglands.
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