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Field forklet moss

Dicranella staphylina

5,362Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
109Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan491
Feb470
Mar552
Apr292
May245
Jun200
Jul296
Aug370
Sep534
Oct722
Nov629
Dec525

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England577
2Norfolk England379
3Cambridgeshire England330
4Cornwall England197
5Pembrokeshire Wales184
6Devon England118
7Monmouthshire Wales113
8Carmarthenshire Wales104
9Northamptonshire England95
10Lincolnshire England88
11Worcestershire England84
12Scottish Borders Scotland77
13Aberdeenshire Scotland75
14Somerset England71
15Herefordshire, County of England70
4,019 England514 Scotland714 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
5,362
Peak month
October
Counties with records
109
Scientific name
Dicranella staphylina
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,601
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Dicranellaceae
Genus
Dicranella
Name with authority
Dicranella staphylina H.Whitehouse
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17202030 · GBIF 5838487