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Great Hairy Screw-moss

Syntrichia ruralis

9,711Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
110Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,262
Feb1,170
Mar1,186
Apr774
May509
Jun464
Jul311
Aug378
Sep489
Oct816
Nov1,156
Dec1,112

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,410
2Norfolk England627
3Suffolk England439
4Sefton England288
5Lincolnshire England275
6Swansea Wales253
7City of Edinburgh Scotland231
8Northamptonshire England231
9Conwy Wales196
10North Yorkshire England194
11Essex England172
12Isle of Anglesey Wales158
13Somerset England150
14Pembrokeshire Wales144
15Carmarthenshire Wales134
7,142 England845 Scotland1,659 Wales60 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 110 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,711
Peak month
January
Counties with records
110
Scientific name
Syntrichia ruralis
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
598
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Syntrichia
Name with authority
Syntrichia ruralis (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1156618 · GBIF 2671271