Frosses Bog ASSI
| Site No | ASSI 126 |
|---|---|
| Area (ha) | 43.4 |
| Declared Date | 06/11/1996 |
| Confirmed Date | 01/05/1997 |
| County | Antrim |
| Council(s) | Ballymena BC |
| Keywords | Raised Bog |
A compact, relatively undisturbed lowland raised bog representing the most southern example within the River Main series which includes the existing ASSIs Dunloy Bog and Caldanagh Bog.
The intact bog surface exhibits a well defined dome profile with structural features including hummock and lawn complexes and small shallow pools. 
It also supports a dense and diverse cover of Sphagnum bog -mosses, including the nationally rare Sphagnum pulchrum in the wetter hollows and the notable hummock forming moss Sphagnum imbricatum.
The abundance of cranberry throughout the bog plain is notable and the presence of crowberry on the intact dome is an unusual feature on a lowland raised bog.
The lagg surrounding the bog has been cut for turf, creating a mosaic of habitats dependent on peat-depth and age of cutting. Vegetation communities range from acid pools choked with Sphagnum mosses through acid grassland to 'poor' fen and swamp.
Site Related Documents
Site map (.PDF 908Kb)
, Citation document (.PDF 123Kb) and Views about Management document (.PDF 47Kb).
