Bogs are widely distributed over cold, damp areas. Noggus Bog and The Derry s Bog. View from the Slieve Bloom Mts. Top Bog Plants Rosemary Rosemary is a flower that can be found on raised bogs and is one of the most attractive bog plants and for this reason has been named the county Offaly flower . The black beaked sedge is flowering plant and flowers around June.
Every leaf forms a black or brown sheath around the base of the stem.
A black bog rush forms dence tussock of packed dark green and cylindrical stems which may be grown up to a half a metre high. This is one of those plants where the stem has almost taken over the work of the leaves. Its leaves are very narrow and bristle like , agrouped around the stem base and enclosed in shiny black or reddish brown sheaths which makes it easy to recognise when it appears in fossil form in the bog. Back in earlier times black bog rush was known as the Black Keilb in the west where it was regarded as an indicator of good grazing Bog Mosses Bog mosses are very important plants on the .There are different types of mosses such as sphagnum cuspidatum and Sphagnum Recurvum. Sphagnum Cuspidatum is a pale yellow to green in colour and has long slender stems.