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Common Apple-moss

Bartramia pomiformis

2,320Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan151
Feb189
Mar268
Apr323
May214
Jun205
Jul245
Aug149
Sep151
Oct148
Nov125
Dec103

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland448
2Powys Wales187
3Gwynedd Wales167
4Carmarthenshire Wales132
5Conwy Wales118
6Cumbria England114
7Ceredigion Wales94
8Norfolk England93
9Perth and Kinross Scotland90
10Argyll and Bute Scotland83
11Worcestershire England55
12Stirling Scotland42
13Pembrokeshire Wales39
14Scottish Borders Scotland37
15Aberdeenshire Scotland35
507 England968 Scotland822 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,320
Peak month
April
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Bartramia pomiformis
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,423
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bartramiales
Family
Bartramiaceae
Genus
Bartramia
Name with authority
Bartramia pomiformis Hedw.
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1281175 · GBIF 5282468