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Mosses

606 species

Sphagnum

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
326
Scientific name
Sphagnum platyphyllum

Fir tamarisk-moss

Peak month
March
Records since 2000
324
Scientific name
Abietinella abietina

Recurved sphagnum

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
322
Scientific name
Sphagnum recurvum

Fissidens moss

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
305
Scientific name
Fissidens fontanus

Bendy Ditrichum

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
303
Scientific name
Flexitrichum flexicaule

Leptodontium moss

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
291
Scientific name
Leptodontium flexifolium

Broadleaf grimmia

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
289
Scientific name
Schistidium platyphyllum

Cornish path moss

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
273
Scientific name
Ditrichum cornubicum

St Kilda Hook-moss

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
263
Scientific name
Sanionia orthothecioides

Rusty Fork-moss

Peak month
March
Records since 2000
244
Scientific name
Dicranum spurium

Dwarf streak-moss

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
243
Scientific name
Rhabdoweisia fugax

Pohlia moss

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
240
Scientific name
Pohlia bulbifera

Lead-moss

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
231
Scientific name
Ditrichum plumbicola

Golden bog-moss

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
229
Scientific name
Sphagnum pulchrum

Pterigynandrum moss

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
224
Scientific name
Pterigynandrum filiforme

Ephemerum moss

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
223
Scientific name
Ephemerum crassinervium