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Crisped Pincushion

Ulota crispa

5,723Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
109Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan394
Feb503
Mar670
Apr639
May528
Jun391
Jul453
Aug431
Sep449
Oct420
Nov380
Dec356

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales354
2Highland Scotland318
3Devon England229
4Pembrokeshire Wales214
5Ceredigion Wales199
6Gwynedd Wales194
7Powys Wales166
8Cornwall England161
9Kent England152
10Surrey England149
11Essex England130
12North Yorkshire England119
13Cumbria England116
14Monmouthshire Wales112
15Gloucestershire England107
3,234 England755 Scotland1,616 Wales110 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 109 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,723
Peak month
March
Counties with records
109
Scientific name
Ulota crispa
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,712
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthotrichales
Family
Orthotrichaceae
Genus
Ulota
Name with authority
Ulota crispa (Hedw.) Brid.
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1498002 · GBIF 2671967