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Floating Hook-moss

Warnstorfia fluitans

983Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan34
Feb58
Mar82
Apr84
May90
Jun122
Jul139
Aug85
Sep97
Oct73
Nov49
Dec38

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales94
2Powys Wales60
3Conwy Wales53
4North Yorkshire England51
5Worcestershire England48
6Ceredigion Wales48
7Carmarthenshire Wales41
8Highland Scotland40
9Doncaster England29
10Cumbria England22
11Pembrokeshire Wales22
12Cambridgeshire England19
13Surrey England16
14Devon England16
15Lincolnshire England11
462 England140 Scotland370 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
983
Peak month
July
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Warnstorfia fluitans
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,015
Most recorded in
Gwynedd, Powys, Conwy, North Yorkshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Calliergonaceae
Genus
Warnstorfia
Name with authority
Warnstorfia fluitans (Hedw.) Loeske
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11884265 · GBIF 2681623