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Heart-leaved Spear-moss

Calliergon cordifolium

1,548Records since 2000
JunePeak month
86Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan36
Feb42
Mar107
Apr136
May124
Jun250
Jul246
Aug174
Sep141
Oct97
Nov84
Dec40

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales72
2Highland Scotland64
3Ceredigion Wales64
4Isle of Anglesey Wales63
5Norfolk England62
6Powys Wales58
7Cumbria England56
8Worcestershire England53
9Gwynedd Wales50
10Scottish Borders Scotland47
11Carmarthenshire Wales42
12North Yorkshire England37
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland34
14North Ayrshire Scotland31
15Angus Scotland27
584 England437 Scotland464 Wales60 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,548
Peak month
June
Counties with records
86
Scientific name
Calliergon cordifolium
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,605
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Calliergonaceae
Genus
Calliergon
Name with authority
Calliergon cordifolium (Hedw.) Kindb.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5022106 · GBIF 2681678