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Common candle snuffer moss

Encalypta vulgaris

442Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan52
Feb73
Mar77
Apr55
May29
Jun15
Jul8
Aug3
Sep7
Oct15
Nov35
Dec64

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England42
2North Yorkshire England26
3Powys Wales23
4Swansea Wales18
5Gloucestershire England17
6Conwy Wales16
7Monmouthshire Wales14
8Worcestershire England13
9Denbighshire Wales13
10Herefordshire, County of England11
11Bristol, City of England10
12Cambridgeshire England7
13Suffolk England7
14Dorset England7
15Cumbria England6
322 England27 Scotland93 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
442
Peak month
March
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Encalypta vulgaris
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
430
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Encalyptales
Family
Encalyptaceae
Genus
Encalypta
Name with authority
Encalypta vulgaris Hedw.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q310565 · GBIF 5280176