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Five-ranked Bog-moss

Sphagnum quinquefarium

2,283Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan76
Feb149
Mar212
Apr262
May187
Jun235
Jul284
Aug162
Sep219
Oct198
Nov140
Dec90

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland686
2Gwynedd Wales285
3Argyll and Bute Scotland153
4Conwy Wales138
5Powys Wales107
6Cumbria England103
7Carmarthenshire Wales102
8Ceredigion Wales97
9Dumfries and Galloway Scotland43
10Stirling Scotland40
11Perth and Kinross Scotland38
12Worcestershire England33
13Somerset England29
14Scottish Borders Scotland20
15North Ayrshire Scotland20
287 England1,184 Scotland779 Wales33 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,283
Peak month
July
Counties with records
48
Scientific name
Sphagnum quinquefarium
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,398
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Sphagnopsida
Order
Sphagnales
Family
Sphagnaceae
Genus
Sphagnum
Name with authority
Sphagnum quinquefarium (Lindb.) Warnst.
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q310568 · GBIF 2669139