This site is the largest single block of lowland peat in County Down. An extensive cutover wetland with a complex mosaic of vegetation communities including poor fen, species-rich areas, pools in old cuttings and scrubby woodland with remnant bog vegetation.
Purple moor grass and cotton grass dominate the poor fen. These occur beside wetter species rich areas with bogbean, marsh cinquefoil, and bottle sedge.
Notable dragonfly species includes the hairy dragonfly, the ruddy darter and the Irish damselfly.
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