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Red Bog-moss

Sphagnum rubellum

4,772Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan165
Feb266
Mar381
Apr357
May285
Jun469
Jul599
Aug646
Sep567
Oct454
Nov337
Dec205

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland742
2Cumbria England339
3Ceredigion Wales238
4Dumfries and Galloway Scotland198
5Argyll and Bute Scotland193
6East Ayrshire Scotland166
7Gwynedd Wales163
8Aberdeenshire Scotland163
9North Yorkshire England150
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland141
11Perth and Kinross Scotland120
12North Ayrshire Scotland116
13Scottish Borders Scotland111
14Carmarthenshire Wales110
15Moray Scotland88
1,468 England2,390 Scotland798 Wales114 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
4,772
Peak month
August
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Sphagnum rubellum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,039
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Sphagnopsida
Order
Sphagnales
Family
Sphagnaceae
Genus
Sphagnum
Name with authority
Sphagnum rubellum Wilson
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q150145 · GBIF 2668995