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Bog Groove-moss

Aulacomnium palustre

8,719Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
99Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan273
Feb341
Mar645
Apr739
May730
Jun1,055
Jul1,361
Aug1,043
Sep862
Oct556
Nov393
Dec291

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland849
2Ceredigion Wales530
3Worcestershire England403
4Powys Wales390
5Pembrokeshire Wales384
6Cumbria England380
7Carmarthenshire Wales333
8North Yorkshire England287
9Gwynedd Wales281
10Perth and Kinross Scotland211
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland175
12Swansea Wales170
13Argyll and Bute Scotland159
14Conwy Wales151
15East Ayrshire Scotland142
3,041 England2,760 Scotland2,798 Wales117 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,719
Peak month
July
Counties with records
99
Scientific name
Aulacomnium palustre
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,976
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Aulacomniales
Family
Aulacomniaceae
Genus
Aulacomnium
Name with authority
Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) Schwägr.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q140309 · GBIF 2675979