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Greater Fork-moss

Dicranum majus

5,279Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan327
Feb365
Mar525
Apr609
May431
Jun515
Jul650
Aug337
Sep367
Oct389
Nov348
Dec296

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,042
2Gwynedd Wales387
3Cumbria England336
4Argyll and Bute Scotland315
5Carmarthenshire Wales264
6Ceredigion Wales233
7Powys Wales202
8Devon England136
9Conwy Wales125
10Perth and Kinross Scotland111
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland103
12North Yorkshire England101
13Pembrokeshire Wales86
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland71
15Somerset England69
1,353 England2,288 Scotland1,570 Wales67 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,279
Peak month
July
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Dicranum majus
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,531
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Dicranaceae
Genus
Dicranum
Name with authority
Dicranum majus Sm.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8336798