{{Short description|Bog in Hampshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} [[File:Matley bog near kings passage.jpg|thumb|Alder carr at Matley Bog]] '''Matley Bog''' is an ancient woodland bog in the New Forest, Hampshire, England.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/hantsgaz/hantsgaz/s0004353.htm |title=Hampshire Gazetteer |access-date=3 December 2018}}</ref>
==Geography== It is a sphagnum quaking bog with adjacent heather heathland.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Site+Account/s/Matley+Bog,+New+Forest/o/Matley+Bog,+New+Forest |title=Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme |access-date=3 December 2018}}</ref> The stream that runs axially through the bog drains at its eastern end into the infant Beaulieu River.
==Biodiversity== It is notable for the presence of the rare ant ''Formica candida'', sometimes called the shining bog ant, which was discovered there in the early 20th century by Horace Donisthorpe. The wetter areas contain the large marsh grasshopper and the rare and diminutive bog orchid, ''Hammarbya paludosa''.
It is also home to a large population of raft spiders as well as the crab spider ''Thomisus onustus''.<ref name="auto"/>
{{Coord|50.8632|-1.5262|type:landmark_dim:2000_region:GB-HAM|display=title}}
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Category:Bogs of England Category:New Forest
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