Meanings of raised bog in English

The accumulating peat eventually formed a thick dome called a raised bog.

This bouncy, wet, raised bog had always been packed with rare sphagnum mosses, exquisite multi-coloured lichens and insect-eating sundew plants.

Now a once-degraded raised bog is recovering, together with woodland and meadows, and a wonderland of flora and fauna is emerging.

Ole Nielsen, the museum archaeologist, drove me to the Bjældskovdal, a sprawling raised bog about 15km away where the two bodies were found.

A raised bog of major heritage value will be destroyed if a peat mining company continues development, the Irish Peatland Conservation Council has warned.

He confirmed the ending of the 10-year derogation on the 1999 EU ban non-commercial cutting for the 32 raised bog Special Areas of Conservation (SACs).

Raised bog is a popular wetland habitat for rare plants and birds.