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Fountain Smoothcap

Atrichum crispum

524Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb17
Mar21
Apr50
May59
Jun63
Jul60
Aug80
Sep59
Oct60
Nov19
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales126
2Gwynedd Wales111
3Conwy Wales50
4Powys Wales30
5Calderdale England13
6Carmarthenshire Wales12
7Kirklees England12
8Blackburn with Darwen England12
9Sheffield England10
10Devon England7
11Pembrokeshire Wales4
12Highland Scotland3
13Worcestershire England3
14North Yorkshire England2
15Cumbria England2
174 England4 Scotland346 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
524
Peak month
August
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Atrichum crispum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
531
Most recorded in
Ceredigion, Gwynedd, Conwy
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Polytrichopsida
Order
Polytrichales
Family
Polytrichaceae
Genus
Atrichum
Name with authority
Atrichum crispum (James) Sull.
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15327135 · GBIF 2682955