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Common Smoothcap

Atrichum undulatum

14,629Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,137
Feb1,369
Mar1,783
Apr1,605
May1,215
Jun1,088
Jul1,058
Aug887
Sep966
Oct1,131
Nov1,073
Dec979

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales825
2Norfolk England676
3Pembrokeshire Wales642
4Highland Scotland626
5Powys Wales477
6Suffolk England469
7Worcestershire England457
8Devon England440
9Cornwall England363
10North Yorkshire England350
11Monmouthshire Wales326
12Somerset England319
13Cumbria England260
14Swansea Wales251
15Argyll and Bute Scotland230
8,043 England2,552 Scotland3,801 Wales228 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
14,629
Peak month
March
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Atrichum undulatum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
20,648
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Polytrichopsida
Order
Polytrichales
Family
Polytrichaceae
Genus
Atrichum
Name with authority
Atrichum undulatum (Hedw.) P.Beauv.
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1426971 · GBIF 2673299