The Welsh equivalent of "red bog" would be "gors goch" and I have always
assumed it was because of the reddish colour given by Molinia caerulea.
Pat
At 10:10 23/02/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Re: David Wilkinsons request for early descriptions of human caused decline
>in mires.
>
>King, W. 1685. Of the bogs, and loughs of Ireland. - Phil.Trans.Dublin
>Soc. 15: 948-960.
>
>He was not into mire conservation: "...it were good for Ireland, the Bogs
>were sunk in the Sea..."
>
>But he did note that there was hope: "I am in the last place to shew you
>how these inconveniencys may be remedied, and our Bogs made usefull; 'Tis
>certain the thing is possible; it has bin done in England, France, and
>Germany; and if we had the same industry we may promise our selves the same
>success."
>
>So he noted the decline, but did certainly not show any concern!
>
>King refers to red Bogs "...even red Bogs might be made fit for grazing..."
> Does anyone know what type of mire vegetation this would be? A similar
>term is used locally in Sweden too (rödmosse).
>
>At 16:11 1999-02-22 -0500, you wrote:
>>THE HISTORY OF THE CONCERN FOR PEATLAND LOSS.
>>
>>Three years ago in the Mires Research News (issue 5) I
>>wrote a brief article on the history of concern over
>>peatland decline. The first British source that I
>>could find that described Peatlands as declining was
>>'The Great Ice Age' by James Geikie (1874), this
>>provides (pages 338-339) a clear description of the
>>decline in Scottish mires but without any suggestion
>>that they should be conserved.
>>In 1996 I asked 2 questions.
>>1) Did anyone know of an earlier description of human
>>caused decline in mires?
>>2) When was the first published plea for peatland
>>conservation?
>>
>>No-one replied!!
>>Can anyone on this discussion group help?
>>
>>(NOTE FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED; my main peatland
>>research interests are in Quaternary paleoecology and
>>testate amoebae)
>>
>>David M Wilkinson
>>Biology and Earth Sciences
>>Liverpool John Moores University
>>Byrom Street
>>Liverpool
>>L3 3AF
>>
>>
>>
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>Håkan Rydin
>Avd. f växtekologi, Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum, Uppsala universitet
>Department of Plant Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University
>Villavägen 14 fax: 018-55 34 19 (int +46 18 55 34 19)
>S-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden tel: 018-471 2854 (int +46 18 471 2854)
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