Buxton Heath is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), supporting a wide range of wetland plants, including several species of orchid. The bogs are fed by a spring at the western end of the site carrying somewhat chalky waters and are surrounded by a mosaic of wet heathland, dry acidic heathland with all three species of 'heather', and birch/oak woodland. Here are a few examples of the marshland flora - Marsh Helleborine, Marsh Orchid, Ragged Robin, Lesser Spearwort, Sundew with its inconveniently long flower spike and Dodder trailing over the Bell Heather.
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