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Spiky Bog-moss

Sphagnum squarrosum

3,000Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
93Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan88
Feb101
Mar194
Apr356
May220
Jun335
Jul422
Aug301
Sep267
Oct257
Nov192
Dec115

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland273
2Worcestershire England178
3York England170
4Gwynedd Wales138
5Norfolk England137
6Ceredigion Wales102
7Cumbria England80
8Doncaster England76
9North Yorkshire England71
10Carmarthenshire Wales64
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland62
12Conwy Wales61
13Powys Wales59
14Pembrokeshire Wales57
15Scottish Borders Scotland52
1,507 England740 Scotland706 Wales45 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 93 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,000
Peak month
July
Counties with records
93
Scientific name
Sphagnum squarrosum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,006
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Sphagnopsida
Order
Sphagnales
Family
Sphagnaceae
Genus
Sphagnum
Name with authority
Sphagnum squarrosum Crome
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q867250 · GBIF 2669113