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Awl-leaved Screw-moss

Tortula subulata

946Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan66
Feb83
Mar145
Apr170
May97
Jun63
Jul81
Aug36
Sep42
Oct38
Nov47
Dec56

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England95
2Powys Wales94
3Monmouthshire Wales58
4Highland Scotland55
5Worcestershire England38
6Cumbria England37
7Perth and Kinross Scotland24
8Suffolk England18
9Somerset England18
10Scottish Borders Scotland16
11Carmarthenshire Wales16
12City of Edinburgh Scotland14
13Denbighshire Wales14
14Conwy Wales13
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland12
520 England189 Scotland214 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
946
Peak month
April
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Tortula subulata
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
954
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Tortula
Name with authority
Tortula subulata Hedw.
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2445133 · GBIF 5280595