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Frizzled Crisp-moss

Tortella tortuosa

5,214Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan257
Feb296
Mar478
Apr574
May491
Jun519
Jul740
Aug474
Sep397
Oct339
Nov272
Dec313

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland645
2North Yorkshire England566
3Gwynedd Wales477
4Cumbria England306
5Powys Wales301
6Conwy Wales252
7Perth and Kinross Scotland182
8Gloucestershire England170
9Argyll and Bute Scotland166
10Carmarthenshire Wales126
11Monmouthshire Wales125
12Somerset England105
13Ceredigion Wales72
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland71
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland58
1,930 England1,547 Scotland1,605 Wales129 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,214
Peak month
July
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Tortella tortuosa
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,391
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Tortella
Name with authority
Tortella tortuosa (Schrad. ex Hedw.) Limpr.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q71890 · GBIF 2671369