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Lustrous Bog-moss

Sphagnum subnitens

8,781Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
89Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan313
Feb374
Mar595
Apr639
May654
Jun1,039
Jul1,443
Aug1,022
Sep804
Oct598
Nov585
Dec428

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,293
2Powys Wales414
3Pembrokeshire Wales408
4Cumbria England391
5Carmarthenshire Wales387
6Gwynedd Wales377
7Ceredigion Wales358
8Worcestershire England251
9Blackburn with Darwen England229
10North Yorkshire England223
11Argyll and Bute Scotland219
12Conwy Wales170
13Swansea Wales169
14Perth and Kinross Scotland167
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland158
2,886 England2,981 Scotland2,744 Wales165 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 89 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,781
Peak month
July
Counties with records
89
Scientific name
Sphagnum subnitens
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,996
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Sphagnopsida
Order
Sphagnales
Family
Sphagnaceae
Genus
Sphagnum
Name with authority
Sphagnum subnitens Russow & Warnst.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q292368 · GBIF 2669053