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Intermediate Screw-moss

Syntrichia montana

9,811Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
103Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,302
Feb1,124
Mar1,303
Apr829
May567
Jun386
Jul317
Aug393
Sep509
Oct833
Nov1,131
Dec1,063

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,134
2Suffolk England997
3Norfolk England776
4Somerset England372
5Gloucestershire England341
6Northamptonshire England282
7Kent England236
8Swansea Wales227
9Pembrokeshire Wales192
10Carmarthenshire Wales184
11Devon England176
12Isle of Anglesey Wales171
13Conwy Wales164
14Cornwall England157
15Monmouthshire Wales144
7,832 England171 Scotland1,758 Wales50 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 103 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,811
Peak month
March
Counties with records
103
Scientific name
Syntrichia montana
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,015
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Syntrichia
Name with authority
Syntrichia montana Nees
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15316624 · GBIF 7846682