The summit is also the site of a rare sphagnum bog that has been affected by acid rain since a mid-20th century windstorm blew down many of the trees sheltering it at the time.
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Though host to invasive plant species including leafy spurge, the Rattlesnake contains native plant communities such as " Sphagnum riparium " at Shoo Fly Meadows, one of the only Sphagnum bogs in the Western United States.
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The English name refers to its occurrence on Rannoch Moor in central Scotland, the first site in Great Britain the species was known from, and only one where it currently occurs; it is extinct at a few other wetland sites further south in Britain, being found in pools and west hollows of ancient undisturbed Sphagnum bogs.
