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Handsome Woollywort

Trichocolea tomentella

959Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan72
Feb78
Mar106
Apr110
May67
Jun64
Jul89
Aug66
Sep70
Oct88
Nov77
Dec46

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland117
2Gwynedd Wales117
3Argyll and Bute Scotland101
4Cumbria England77
5Carmarthenshire Wales50
6Ceredigion Wales41
7Devon England39
8Pembrokeshire Wales39
9Conwy Wales33
10Worcestershire England27
11Powys Wales25
12Somerset England24
13North Yorkshire England22
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland18
15Cornwall England17
287 England322 Scotland339 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
959
Peak month
April
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Trichocolea tomentella
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
995
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Jungermanniales
Family
Trichocoleaceae
Genus
Trichocolea
Name with authority
Trichocolea tomentella (Ehrh.) Dumort.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1139601 · GBIF 2689242