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Cuspidate Earth-moss

Tortula acaulon

6,950Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
90Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,034
Feb910
Mar845
Apr319
May150
Jun71
Jul92
Aug212
Sep498
Oct775
Nov1,053
Dec951

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England1,077
2Cambridgeshire England1,060
3Norfolk England781
4Gloucestershire England231
5Somerset England199
6Northamptonshire England199
7Lincolnshire England146
8Pembrokeshire Wales139
9Cornwall England119
10North Yorkshire England104
11Kent England101
12Monmouthshire Wales93
13Worcestershire England88
14Essex England87
15Herefordshire, County of England80
6,265 England170 Scotland479 Wales26 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 90 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,950
Peak month
November
Counties with records
90
Scientific name
Tortula acaulon
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,489
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Tortula
Name with authority
Tortula acaulon (With.) R.H.Zander
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15325412 · GBIF 5280572