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Feathery Bog-moss

Sphagnum cuspidatum

5,044Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
82Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan173
Feb280
Mar431
Apr427
May350
Jun529
Jul684
Aug650
Sep462
Oct365
Nov358
Dec215

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland885
2Cumbria England309
3Ceredigion Wales232
4North Yorkshire England230
5Powys Wales181
6Gwynedd Wales154
7Carmarthenshire Wales141
8Conwy Wales128
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland118
10Argyll and Bute Scotland111
11East Ayrshire Scotland105
12Perth and Kinross Scotland100
13Doncaster England95
14Worcestershire England92
15West Lothian Scotland81
1,815 England2,048 Scotland1,065 Wales112 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,044
Peak month
July
Counties with records
82
Scientific name
Sphagnum cuspidatum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,354
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Sphagnopsida
Order
Sphagnales
Family
Sphagnaceae
Genus
Sphagnum
Name with authority
Sphagnum cuspidatum Ehrh. ex Hoffm.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q28079 · GBIF 2669112