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 Bog
woodland is extensive in parts of Scandanavia but becomes
increasingly rare through the lowlands of western Europe.
However, it does occur in Germany, Poland, the Czech
and Slovak Republics, as well as having some outposts
in the foothills of the Alps.
True bog woodland is rare in the UK. Current knowledge on
the distribution and extent of the habitat is limited, but
it is estimated that the total extent in the UK may be less
than 1000 hectares.
Within the UK, pine dominated forms of the habitat
are confined to areas of Caledonian forest in Scotland,
although birch dominated variants are found in southern
Britain, principally within the New Forest.
There are a total of 17 candidate Special Areas of Conservation
currently proposed in the UK for bog woodland, of which seven
are located in Scotland. Three of these cSACs are involved
in the Wet Woods Restoration Project: Cairngorms, Pitmaduthy
Moss and Monadh Mor. The Cairngorms cSAC holds by far the
largest extent of bog woodland in Scotland, where the habitat
is found in patches interspersed with areas of Caledonian
forest, particularly at Inshriach and within Abernethy Forest.
Find out more about cSACs for bog woodland at www.jncc.gov.uk
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