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Blunt-fruited Pottia

Tortula caucasica

711Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
53Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan96
Feb84
Mar93
Apr37
May12
Jun10
Jul7
Aug31
Sep48
Oct57
Nov119
Dec101

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England38
2Worcestershire England34
3Pembrokeshire Wales34
4Somerset England33
5Swansea Wales26
6Cambridgeshire England23
7Suffolk England18
8Cornwall England18
9Devon England18
10Bristol, City of England18
11Gwynedd Wales16
12North Yorkshire England15
13Doncaster England14
14Herefordshire, County of England14
15Powys Wales13
507 England26 Scotland176 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
711
Peak month
November
Counties with records
53
Scientific name
Tortula caucasica
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
733
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Tortula
Name with authority
Tortula caucasica Lindb.
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8000635