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Claish Moss, the Glossary

Claish Moss is an upland blanket bog on the south side of Loch Shiel, in the Sunart district of the west highlands of Scotland The Moss is designated as a Ramsar site of international importance (designated in 1981), a Special Area of Conservation (designated together with Kentra Moss), and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.^[1]

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Bogs of Scotland
Landforms of Highland (council area)
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in South Lochaber
Special Areas of Conservation in Scotland

Ardshealach

Ardshealach (Scottish Gaelic) is a small hamlet located close to the south west shore of Loch Shiel in Sunart, Lochaber, Highland, less than southeast of Acharacle. Claish Moss and Ardshealach are Highland geography stubs.

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Blanket bog

Blanket bog or blanket mire, also known as featherbed bog, is an area of peatland, forming where there is a climate of high rainfall and a low level of evapotranspiration, allowing peat to develop not only in wet hollows but over large expanses of undulating ground.

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Culling

Culling is the process of segregating organisms from a group according to desired or undesired characteristics.

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Dragonfly

A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata.

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Eurasian wolf

The Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus), also known as the common wolf,Mech, L. David (1981), The Wolf: The Ecology and Behaviour of an Endangered Species, University of Minnesota Press, p. 354, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to Europe and Asia.

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Hectare

The hectare (SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, 10,000 square meters (10,000 m2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land.

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Kentra

Kentra is a hamlet overlooking the east coast of Kentra Bay, on the north east end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula near Acharacle, Scottish Highlands. Claish Moss and Kentra are Scottish Site of Special Scientific Interest stubs and special Areas of Conservation in Scotland.

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List of Ramsar sites in Scotland

This list includes all Ramsar sites in Scotland. Claish Moss and list of Ramsar sites in Scotland are Ramsar sites in Scotland.

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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in South Lochaber

The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the South Lochaber Area of Search; for North Lochaber see List of SSSIs in North Lochaber. Claish Moss and list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in South Lochaber are sites of Special Scientific Interest in South Lochaber.

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List of Special Areas of Conservation in Scotland

The following is a list of Special Areas of Conservation in Scotland. Claish Moss and list of Special Areas of Conservation in Scotland are special Areas of Conservation in Scotland.

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Loch Shiel

Loch Shiel (Loch Seile) is a freshwater loch situated west of Fort William in the Highland council area of Scotland. Claish Moss and loch Shiel are Lochaber and sites of Special Scientific Interest in South Lochaber.

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Moss

Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta sensu stricto.

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National nature reserve (Scotland)

The national nature reserves (NNRs) of Scotland are areas of land or water designated under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 as containing habitats and species of national importance.

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Overgrazing

Overgrazing occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods.

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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands).

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Ramsar site

A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,.

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Red deer

The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A site of special scientific interest (SSSI) in Great Britain, or an area of special scientific interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland, is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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Sunart

Sunart (Suaineart) is a rural district and community in the south west of Lochaber in Highland, Scotland, on the shores of Loch Sunart, and part of the civil parish of Ardnamurchan. Claish Moss and Sunart are Lochaber.

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Vascular plant

Vascular plants, also called tracheophytes or collectively tracheophyta, form a large group of land plants (accepted known species) that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claish_Moss