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Calcareous gymnostomum moss

Gymnostomum calcareum

203Records since 2000
MayPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb11
Mar12
Apr14
May44
Jun24
Jul27
Aug9
Sep13
Oct14
Nov8
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland45
2North Yorkshire England27
3Gloucestershire England25
4Argyll and Bute Scotland17
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland15
6Cheshire East England8
7Powys Wales5
8Herefordshire, County of England5
9Monmouthshire Wales4
10Somerset England3
11Northamptonshire England2
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland2
13Carmarthenshire Wales2
14Devon England1
15Aberdeenshire Scotland1
103 England71 Scotland12 Wales17 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
203
Peak month
May
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Gymnostomum calcareum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
218
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Gymnostomum
Name with authority
Gymnostomum calcareum Nees & Hornsch.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17268452 · GBIF 4921807