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Common Pincushion

Dicranoweisia cirrata

13,176Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
114Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,399
Feb1,440
Mar1,824
Apr1,513
May1,013
Jun672
Jul630
Aug560
Sep679
Oct997
Nov1,173
Dec1,067

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England821
2Norfolk England774
3Cambridgeshire England729
4North Yorkshire England382
5Worcestershire England303
6Kent England302
7Northamptonshire England295
8Powys Wales262
9Essex England237
10Cumbria England232
11Monmouthshire Wales232
12Gwynedd Wales225
13Lincolnshire England209
14Gloucestershire England175
15Scottish Borders Scotland172
10,039 England1,256 Scotland1,849 Wales27 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 114 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
13,176
Peak month
March
Counties with records
114
Scientific name
Dicranoweisia cirrata
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
13,208
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Rhabdoweisiaceae
Genus
Dicranoweisia
Name with authority
Dicranoweisia cirrata (Hedw.) Lindb. ex Milde
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7708376