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Slender cow-horn bog-moss

Sphagnum subsecundum

186Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb3
Mar22
Apr15
May10
Jun13
Jul24
Aug17
Sep13
Oct34
Nov15
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales33
2Highland Scotland29
3Conwy Wales11
4Ceredigion Wales10
5Cumbria England9
6Devon England8
7Powys Wales6
8Aberdeenshire Scotland6
9Perth and Kinross Scotland6
10Worcestershire England5
11Pembrokeshire Wales5
12Scottish Borders Scotland4
13South Lanarkshire Scotland3
14West Dunbartonshire Scotland3
15Cambridgeshire England2
52 England63 Scotland71 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
186
Peak month
October
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Sphagnum subsecundum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
217
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Sphagnopsida
Order
Sphagnales
Family
Sphagnaceae
Genus
Sphagnum
Name with authority
Sphagnum subsecundum Nees

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11871047 · GBIF 2668981