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Flexuous Bog-moss

Sphagnum flexuosum

855Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb32
Mar54
Apr78
May86
Jun112
Jul134
Aug64
Sep76
Oct77
Nov58
Dec29

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales120
2Highland Scotland74
3Ceredigion Wales50
4Worcestershire England46
5Cumbria England44
6Powys Wales40
7Pembrokeshire Wales36
8Conwy Wales29
9Carmarthenshire Wales21
10Perth and Kinross Scotland20
11Devon England16
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland13
13Surrey England11
14Scottish Borders Scotland10
15Shetland Islands —9
312 England224 Scotland315 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
855
Peak month
July
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Sphagnum flexuosum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
886
Most recorded in
Gwynedd, Highland, Ceredigion
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Sphagnopsida
Order
Sphagnales
Family
Sphagnaceae
Genus
Sphagnum
Name with authority
Sphagnum flexuosum Dozy & Molk.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17258699 · GBIF 2669235