Carn – Glenshane Pass

Site details

UK map showing location of Carn – Glenshane Pass Special Area of Conservation/Site of Community Importance.
Location of Carn – Glenshane Pass SAC/SCI/cSAC
Country Northern Ireland
Unitary Authority  Londonderry
Centroid* C788075
Latitude 54 54 32 N
Longitude 06 46 16 W
SAC EU code UK0030110
Status Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Area (ha) 1938.78
* This is the approximate central point of the SAC. In the case of large, linear or composite sites, this may not represent the location where a feature occurs within the SAC.

General site character

Bogs. Marshes. Water fringed vegetation. Fens (85%)
Heath. Scrub. Maquis and garrigue. Phygrana (5%)
Humid grassland. Mesophile grassland (10%)


Boundary map and associated biodiversity information on the NBN Gateway.

Natura 2000 data form for this site as submitted to Europe (PDF format, size 30kb).

 

Note:

When undertaking an appropriate assessment of impacts at a site, all features of European importance (both primary and non-primary) need to be considered.

Annex I habitats that are a primary reason for selection of this site

7130 Blanket bogs  * Priority feature
Carn – Glenshane Pass represents a large area of intact blanket bog within the Sperrin Mountains in Northern Ireland. The area is characterised by undulating topography and includes a large, well-developed hummock and pool system and extensive eroding hagg complexes within a thick mantle of blanket peat. The peatland vegetation generally supports a high dwarf-shrub cover of heather Calluna vulgaris and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix together with a mixture of sedges including deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Bog-mosses are well-represented and include the hummock-forming species Sphagnum imbricatum and S. fuscum. Areas of flushed peat are more species-rich and include a variety of additional plants, including bog-sedge Carex limosa and dioecious sedge C. dioica.

Annex I habitats present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for selection of this site

Not applicable.

Annex II species that are a primary reason for selection of this site

Not applicable.

Annex II species present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for site selection

Not applicable.


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