The Curraghs are a tapestry of scrubland, including willow and bog myrtle scrub. The heather ale is made using bog myrtle and heather flowers. The otherwise rare bog myrtle ("Myrica gale") is common here. Heather moor containing ling, bell heather, cross-leaved heath, bog myrtle and fescues is everywhere abundant. Rare plants for the area include Tufted Sedge "Carex elata" and Bog Myrtle "Myrica gale".