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Rigid Bog-moss

Sphagnum teres

1,216Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan36
Feb50
Mar113
Apr101
May54
Jun105
Jul204
Aug109
Sep142
Oct127
Nov101
Dec49

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland270
2Gwynedd Wales99
3Perth and Kinross Scotland68
4Pembrokeshire Wales65
5Cumbria England64
6Ceredigion Wales51
7Scottish Borders Scotland35
8Aberdeenshire Scotland34
9Argyll and Bute Scotland33
10Cheshire East England30
11Conwy Wales30
12Powys Wales28
13Worcestershire England24
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland19
15Carmarthenshire Wales17
320 England580 Scotland308 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,216
Peak month
July
Counties with records
44
Scientific name
Sphagnum teres
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,243
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Sphagnopsida
Order
Sphagnales
Family
Sphagnaceae
Genus
Sphagnum
Name with authority
Sphagnum teres (Schimp.) Ångstr. ex C.Hartm.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 12245166