When it is recorded
Jan30
Feb43
Mar71
Apr121
May136
Jun257
Jul416
Aug299
Sep280
Oct134
Nov83
Dec35
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 419 | |
| 2 | Gwynedd | Wales | 207 | |
| 3 | Ceredigion | Wales | 165 | |
| 4 | Conwy | Wales | 134 | |
| 5 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 85 | |
| 6 | Cumbria | England | 78 | |
| 7 | Powys | Wales | 75 | |
| 8 | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 72 | |
| 9 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 57 | |
| 10 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 46 | |
| 11 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 40 | |
| 12 | Moray | Scotland | 39 | |
| 13 | Scottish Borders | Scotland | 32 | |
| 14 | Stirling | Scotland | 29 | |
| 15 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 19 |
270 England849 Scotland781 Wales17 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,919
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 50
- Scientific name
- Oligotrichum hercynicum
- Group
- Mosses
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,957
- Most recorded in
- Highland, Gwynedd, Ceredigion, Conwy, Carmarthenshire, Cumbria, Powys, Perth and Kinross, Argyll and Bute
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Polytrichopsida
- Order
- Polytrichales
- Family
- Polytrichaceae
- Genus
- Oligotrichum
- Name with authority
- Oligotrichum hercynicum (Hedw.) DC.
- Contributing datasets
- 14
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1587988 · GBIF 2683049