Ballycam ASSI
Topics:
Protected area type:
Areas of Special Scientific Interest
Feature type:
Habitat
County:
Down
Council:
Newry, Mourne and Down
Guidance and literature:
Ballycam ASSI
It is characterised by the dominance of black bog-rush and blunt-flowered rush. Other vegetation-types include swamp dominated by common reed and fen dominated by bottle sedge and marsh cinquefoil. These communities grade into mesotrophic grassland, often containing fen species, around the edge of the site.