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Long fringe-moss / elongate racomitrium moss

Niphotrichum elongatum

609Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan30
Feb30
Mar46
Apr77
May45
Jun58
Jul114
Aug57
Sep64
Oct38
Nov10
Dec30

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales118
2Highland Scotland83
3Ceredigion Wales82
4Conwy Wales65
5Perth and Kinross Scotland40
6Cumbria England29
7Powys Wales26
8Aberdeenshire Scotland22
9Worcestershire England14
10Carmarthenshire Wales11
11Scottish Borders Scotland9
12North Yorkshire England8
13Stirling Scotland7
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
15Angus Scotland6
97 England202 Scotland310 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
609
Peak month
July
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Niphotrichum elongatum
Group
Mosses
Most recorded in
Gwynedd, Highland, Ceredigion, Conwy
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Grimmiales
Family
Grimmiaceae
Genus
Niphotrichum
Name with authority
Niphotrichum elongatum (Ehrh. ex Frisvoll) Bedn.-Ochyra & Ochyra
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1993234 · GBIF 7571000