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Soft Bog-moss

Sphagnum tenellum

3,426Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
64Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan71
Feb122
Mar197
Apr190
May193
Jun398
Jul601
Aug549
Sep411
Oct270
Nov173
Dec72

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland861
2Cumbria England214
3Gwynedd Wales206
4Ceredigion Wales151
5Conwy Wales117
6Powys Wales115
7Carmarthenshire Wales113
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland106
9Dumfries and Galloway Scotland82
10Argyll and Bute Scotland64
11Surrey England58
12Pembrokeshire Wales58
13East Ayrshire Scotland58
14Dorset England52
15Perth and Kinross Scotland52
752 England1,704 Scotland866 Wales102 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 64 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,426
Peak month
July
Counties with records
64
Scientific name
Sphagnum tenellum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,798
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Sphagnopsida
Order
Sphagnales
Family
Sphagnaceae
Genus
Sphagnum
Name with authority
Sphagnum tenellum (Brid.) Bory
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7507197