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Dusky Fork-moss

Dicranum fuscescens

1,460Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan36
Feb69
Mar129
Apr173
May172
Jun171
Jul280
Aug124
Sep110
Oct73
Nov59
Dec36

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland545
2Perth and Kinross Scotland129
3Argyll and Bute Scotland73
4Cumbria England63
5Aberdeenshire Scotland59
6Gwynedd Wales44
7Scottish Borders Scotland39
8Stirling Scotland39
9North Yorkshire England36
10Powys Wales33
11Moray Scotland29
12Ceredigion Wales26
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland25
14Angus Scotland17
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland15
225 England1,085 Scotland147 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,460
Peak month
July
Counties with records
44
Scientific name
Dicranum fuscescens
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,531
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Dicranaceae
Genus
Dicranum
Name with authority
Dicranum fuscescens Sm.
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8135515