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Cow-horn Bog-moss

Sphagnum denticulatum

7,999Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
87Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan310
Feb391
Mar716
Apr758
May699
Jun991
Jul1,136
Aug745
Sep658
Oct533
Nov415
Dec341

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,382
2Ceredigion Wales367
3Gwynedd Wales346
4Cumbria England328
5Powys Wales308
6Carmarthenshire Wales263
7Argyll and Bute Scotland233
8Cornwall England212
9Devon England175
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland175
11Pembrokeshire Wales174
12Conwy Wales164
13Swansea Wales151
14Worcestershire England141
15North Yorkshire England138
2,771 England2,868 Scotland2,210 Wales149 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,999
Peak month
July
Counties with records
87
Scientific name
Sphagnum denticulatum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
362
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Sphagnopsida
Order
Sphagnales
Family
Sphagnaceae
Genus
Sphagnum
Name with authority
Sphagnum denticulatum Brid.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17258394 · GBIF 2669035