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Lesser Cow-horn Bog-moss

Sphagnum inundatum

3,000Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
69Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan102
Feb161
Mar258
Apr244
May231
Jun349
Jul410
Aug229
Sep279
Oct282
Nov220
Dec150

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland446
2Gwynedd Wales171
3Carmarthenshire Wales166
4Ceredigion Wales164
5Worcestershire England147
6Powys Wales146
7Cumbria England113
8Pembrokeshire Wales100
9Swansea Wales99
10Conwy Wales77
11Perth and Kinross Scotland68
12Argyll and Bute Scotland61
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland58
14Devon England50
15Orkney Islands Scotland46
682 England1,004 Scotland1,258 Wales54 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,000
Peak month
July
Counties with records
69
Scientific name
Sphagnum inundatum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,176
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Sphagnopsida
Order
Sphagnales
Family
Sphagnaceae
Genus
Sphagnum
Name with authority
Sphagnum inundatum Russow
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5409208 · GBIF 2669060