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Awl-leaved Earth-moss

Pleuridium subulatum

711Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
63Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan84
Feb80
Mar148
Apr82
May38
Jun29
Jul21
Aug14
Sep30
Oct46
Nov70
Dec66

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales82
2Carmarthenshire Wales69
3Monmouthshire Wales55
4Cornwall England41
5Ceredigion Wales28
6Highland Scotland20
7Powys Wales19
8Scottish Borders Scotland16
9Somerset England15
10Devon England14
11Aberdeenshire Scotland14
12North Yorkshire England10
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland10
14Swansea Wales10
15Cumbria England9
306 England92 Scotland302 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
711
Peak month
March
Counties with records
63
Scientific name
Pleuridium subulatum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
760
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Ditrichaceae
Genus
Pleuridium
Name with authority
Pleuridium subulatum (Hedw.) Rabenh.
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2099412 · GBIF 2675862