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Aloe Haircap

Pogonatum aloides

6,983Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
98Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan480
Feb542
Mar800
Apr885
May604
Jun544
Jul572
Aug483
Sep556
Oct523
Nov465
Dec394

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales602
2Highland Scotland579
3Carmarthenshire Wales512
4Powys Wales360
5Pembrokeshire Wales307
6Cumbria England289
7Gwynedd Wales252
8Cornwall England234
9Devon England233
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland166
11Argyll and Bute Scotland165
12Worcestershire England156
13Somerset England131
14North Yorkshire England122
15Perth and Kinross Scotland105
2,503 England1,673 Scotland2,705 Wales94 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 98 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,983
Peak month
April
Counties with records
98
Scientific name
Pogonatum aloides
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,349
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Polytrichopsida
Order
Polytrichales
Family
Polytrichaceae
Genus
Pogonatum
Name with authority
Pogonatum aloides (Hedw.) P.Beauv.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q569424 · GBIF 2683017