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Bordered Screw-moss

Tortula marginata

768Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan81
Feb71
Mar114
Apr69
May58
Jun39
Jul27
Aug28
Sep44
Oct94
Nov65
Dec68

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England45
2Kent England42
3Cambridgeshire England39
4Surrey England34
5North Yorkshire England32
6Isle of Wight England29
7Essex England23
8Worcestershire England22
9Norfolk England20
10Somerset England20
11Dorset England19
12Devon England14
13Cumbria England14
14Northamptonshire England10
15Herefordshire, County of England9
751 England6 Scotland11 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
768
Peak month
March
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Tortula marginata
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
767
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Tortula
Name with authority
Tortula marginata (Bruch & Schimp.) Spruce
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15326698 · GBIF 5280599