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Black Rock-moss

Andreaea rupestris

3,150Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
50Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan89
Feb129
Mar221
Apr331
May338
Jun432
Jul609
Aug281
Sep292
Oct200
Nov126
Dec58

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,081
2Cumbria England274
3Gwynedd Wales267
4Perth and Kinross Scotland158
5Argyll and Bute Scotland112
6Conwy Wales106
7Scottish Borders Scotland99
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland95
9Ceredigion Wales80
10Aberdeenshire Scotland77
11Stirling Scotland64
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland51
13Powys Wales50
14Angus Scotland45
15East Ayrshire Scotland44
421 England2,090 Scotland577 Wales60 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,150
Peak month
July
Counties with records
50
Scientific name
Andreaea rupestris
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,732
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Andreaeopsida
Order
Andreaeales
Family
Andreaeaceae
Genus
Andreaea
Name with authority
Andreaea rupestris Hedw.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q292408 · GBIF 5283962