Although there are long stretches of marshy moorland along the coast, the soil is on the whole productive.
The greatest extent of moorland is found in the westernmost parts of the plain, in Oldenburg and East Frisia.
The Exmoor is a horned breed of Devonshire moorland, one of the few remaining remnants of direct descent from the old forest breeds of England.
The best example of these folds is the axis of Leinster, its core being occupied by granite which is now exposed continuously for 70 m., forming a moorland from Dublin to New Ross.
