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Fine Bog-moss

Sphagnum angustifolium

692Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb26
Mar66
Apr57
May49
Jun55
Jul88
Aug69
Sep71
Oct84
Nov66
Dec32

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland192
2Gwynedd Wales56
3Worcestershire England41
4Cumbria England39
5Ceredigion Wales31
6Perth and Kinross Scotland30
7Scottish Borders Scotland21
8Aberdeenshire Scotland19
9Argyll and Bute Scotland17
10Powys Wales17
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland14
12Carmarthenshire Wales13
13Conwy Wales11
14North Yorkshire England10
15Orkney Islands Scotland10
166 England373 Scotland147 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
692
Peak month
July
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Sphagnum angustifolium
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
709
Most recorded in
Highland, Gwynedd
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Sphagnopsida
Order
Sphagnales
Family
Sphagnaceae
Genus
Sphagnum
Name with authority
Sphagnum angustifolium (Russow) C.E.O.Jensen
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q292356 · GBIF 2668960