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Lesser Screw-moss

Syntrichia virescens

1,219Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
51Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan205
Feb148
Mar179
Apr70
May46
Jun22
Jul25
Aug28
Sep46
Oct86
Nov180
Dec183

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England432
2Essex England92
3Northamptonshire England69
4Lincolnshire England65
5Suffolk England60
6Norfolk England27
7Gloucestershire England21
8North Yorkshire England19
9East Riding of Yorkshire England18
10Nottinghamshire England14
11Oxfordshire England12
12Ceredigion Wales11
13Doncaster England8
14Peterborough England8
15Brighton and Hove England7
1,160 England12 Scotland47 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,219
Peak month
January
Counties with records
51
Scientific name
Syntrichia virescens
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,212
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Syntrichia
Name with authority
Syntrichia virescens (De Not.) Ochyra
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15316915 · GBIF 2671254