Fymore Lough ASSI
Topics:
Protected area type:
Areas of Special Scientific Interest
Feature type:
Habitat
County:
Tyrone
Council:
Mid-Ulster
Guidance and literature:
Fymore Lough ASSI
Situated in an inter-drumlin wetland this small mesotrophic lake with its rich aquatic macrophyte (a member of the macroscopic plant life of an area) assemblage and marginal swamp is fringed by a mosaic of notable vegetation communities.
To the south the lake is fringed by swamp woodland with fen meadow and reedbed stands covering a remnant pocket of peatland to the west.
Seepage (slow escape) out of calcareous-rich water along the base of the drumlin slope along the north side results in the notable presence of base-rich flush and fen vegetation here.
In addition to being one of the most diverse botanical sites in Tyrone it is also the most diverse for invertebrates so far recorded.