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Juniper Haircap

Polytrichum juniperinum

9,683Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
116Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan713
Feb822
Mar1,197
Apr1,058
May727
Jun671
Jul876
Aug688
Sep714
Oct719
Nov654
Dec548

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland500
2Suffolk England432
3Norfolk England332
4Powys Wales317
5Cornwall England289
6Worcestershire England281
7Ceredigion Wales258
8Cumbria England255
9Pembrokeshire Wales247
10Carmarthenshire Wales214
11Swansea Wales210
12North Yorkshire England204
13Gwynedd Wales198
14Surrey England195
15Devon England162
5,320 England2,006 Scotland2,204 Wales146 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 116 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,683
Peak month
March
Counties with records
116
Scientific name
Polytrichum juniperinum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,898
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Polytrichopsida
Order
Polytrichales
Family
Polytrichaceae
Genus
Polytrichum
Name with authority
Polytrichum juniperinum Hedw.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q140352 · GBIF 2683092