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Little Shaggy-moss

Rhytidiadelphus loreus

11,231Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
95Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan524
Feb669
Mar1,097
Apr1,255
May1,013
Jun1,207
Jul1,514
Aug1,000
Sep925
Oct744
Nov541
Dec435

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland2,089
2Cumbria England819
3Ceredigion Wales593
4Gwynedd Wales544
5Powys Wales489
6Argyll and Bute Scotland483
7Carmarthenshire Wales477
8Perth and Kinross Scotland450
9Dumfries and Galloway Scotland306
10Pembrokeshire Wales279
11Devon England263
12North Yorkshire England250
13Scottish Borders Scotland211
14Stirling Scotland172
15Somerset England155
2,944 England4,995 Scotland3,074 Wales210 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 95 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,231
Peak month
July
Counties with records
95
Scientific name
Rhytidiadelphus loreus
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,630
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Hylocomiaceae
Genus
Rhytidiadelphus
Name with authority
Rhytidiadelphus loreus (Hedw.) Warnst.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q292380 · GBIF 2679711