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Bud-headed Groove-moss

Aulacomnium androgynum

3,760Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan396
Feb532
Mar707
Apr489
May297
Jun156
Jul112
Aug111
Sep131
Oct225
Nov279
Dec249

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England390
2Suffolk England389
3Cambridgeshire England206
4Essex England132
5Lincolnshire England117
6Worcestershire England115
7Kent England111
8Northamptonshire England88
9Nottinghamshire England86
10Highland Scotland81
11Surrey England76
12North Yorkshire England71
13Doncaster England68
14Oxfordshire England56
15Sheffield England52
3,532 England156 Scotland62 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,760
Peak month
March
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Aulacomnium androgynum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,749
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Aulacomniales
Family
Aulacomniaceae
Genus
Aulacomnium
Name with authority
Aulacomnium androgynum (Hedw.) Schwägr.
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q150300 · GBIF 2675978