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Round-fruited Collar-moss

Splachnum sphaericum

501Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb20
Mar17
Apr46
May54
Jun103
Jul105
Aug52
Sep35
Oct33
Nov19
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland249
2Argyll and Bute Scotland25
3Conwy Wales22
4Perth and Kinross Scotland21
5Cumbria England17
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland17
7Gwynedd Wales14
8Powys Wales14
9Scottish Borders Scotland13
10Stirling Scotland13
11North Yorkshire England12
12Aberdeenshire Scotland11
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland8
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland5
15Moray Scotland5
50 England381 Scotland54 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
501
Peak month
July
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Splachnum sphaericum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
524
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Splachnales
Family
Splachnaceae
Genus
Splachnum
Name with authority
Splachnum sphaericum Hedw.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4350541 · GBIF 2673717