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Heath Star Moss

Campylopus introflexus

17,406Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,392
Feb1,629
Mar2,202
Apr1,802
May1,295
Jun1,248
Jul1,459
Aug1,264
Sep1,239
Oct1,238
Nov1,247
Dec1,066

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland753
2Suffolk England723
3Powys Wales722
4Norfolk England695
5North Yorkshire England589
6Cornwall England511
7Ceredigion Wales486
8Pembrokeshire Wales472
9Cambridgeshire England434
10Carmarthenshire Wales419
11Worcestershire England363
12Devon England359
13Cumbria England345
14Surrey England284
15Kent England241
11,027 England2,450 Scotland3,635 Wales281 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
17,406
Peak month
March
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Campylopus introflexus
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
17,968
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Leucobryaceae
Genus
Campylopus
Name with authority
Campylopus introflexus (Hedw.) Brid.
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q182303 · GBIF 5281901