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Papillose Bog-moss

Sphagnum papillosum

7,168Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan232
Feb256
Mar420
Apr466
May528
Jun941
Jul1,120
Aug951
Sep721
Oct491
Nov449
Dec354

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,239
2Ceredigion Wales546
3Cumbria England386
4Gwynedd Wales277
5Pembrokeshire Wales248
6North Yorkshire England246
7Carmarthenshire Wales203
8Perth and Kinross Scotland185
9Powys Wales183
10Argyll and Bute Scotland154
11Conwy Wales150
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland144
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland134
14Blackburn with Darwen England131
15Worcestershire England122
2,221 England2,813 Scotland1,964 Wales166 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,168
Peak month
July
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Sphagnum papillosum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,569
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Sphagnopsida
Order
Sphagnales
Family
Sphagnaceae
Genus
Sphagnum
Name with authority
Sphagnum papillosum Lindb.
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q958193 · GBIF 2668996