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Big Shaggy-moss

Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus

8,933Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
96Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan566
Feb733
Mar1,123
Apr955
May769
Jun821
Jul1,052
Aug550
Sep602
Oct590
Nov537
Dec454

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,282
2Carmarthenshire Wales353
3Argyll and Bute Scotland345
4North Yorkshire England308
5Perth and Kinross Scotland298
6Powys Wales256
7Cumbria England251
8Devon England240
9Cornwall England232
10Ceredigion Wales227
11Scottish Borders Scotland222
12Pembrokeshire Wales214
13Somerset England193
14Gwynedd Wales181
15Conwy Wales153
3,538 England3,335 Scotland1,807 Wales246 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 96 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,933
Peak month
March
Counties with records
96
Scientific name
Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,055
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Hylocomiaceae
Genus
Hylocomiadelphus
Name with authority
Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus (Hedw.) Ochyra & Stebel
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15612994 · GBIF 8345757