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Mosses

606 species

Fringed Hoar-moss

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
102
Scientific name
Hedwigia ciliata

Scottish Beard-moss

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
102
Scientific name
Bryoerythrophyllum caledonicum

Hoary Grimmia

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
100
Scientific name
Grimmia laevigata

Tiny Feather-moss

Peak month
March
Records since 2000
100
Scientific name
Serpoleskea confervoides

Northern haircap

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
97
Scientific name
Polytrichastrum sexangulare

Lurid cupola-moss

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
96
Scientific name
Cinclidium stygium

Bent-moss

Peak month
December
Records since 2000
92
Scientific name
Campylostelium saxicola

Sausage Beard-moss

Peak month
November
Records since 2000
92
Scientific name
Didymodon tomaculosus

Flamingo moss

Peak month
December
Records since 2000
89
Scientific name
Tortula cernua

Dicranum moss

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
86
Scientific name
Dicranum majus

Snow Rock-moss

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
85
Scientific name
Andreaea nivalis

Stook grimmia

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
85
Scientific name
Schistidium trichodon

Brown Grimmia

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
84
Scientific name
Grimmia elongata

Atrichum moss

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
81
Scientific name
Atrichum tenellum

Flag-moss

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
73
Scientific name
Discelium nudum

Andreaea moss

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
69
Scientific name
Andreaea megistospora

Pale Bristle-moss

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
69
Scientific name
Orthotrichum pallens

Irish daltonia

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
68
Scientific name
Daltonia splachnoides