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Long-shanked Pincushion

Ptychomitrium polyphyllum

2,701Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
64Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan144
Feb181
Mar258
Apr290
May220
Jun298
Jul394
Aug225
Sep191
Oct169
Nov141
Dec153

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland523
2Gwynedd Wales293
3Conwy Wales138
4Argyll and Bute Scotland121
5Powys Wales119
6Cumbria England114
7Ceredigion Wales101
8Carmarthenshire Wales92
9Cornwall England67
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland64
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland61
12Devon England47
13Pembrokeshire Wales41
14South Ayrshire Scotland36
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland36
434 England1,157 Scotland1,023 Wales83 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 64 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,701
Peak month
July
Counties with records
64
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ptychomitrium polyphyllum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,894
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Grimmiales
Family
Ptychomitriaceae
Genus
Ptychomitrium
Name with authority
Ptychomitrium polyphyllum (Dicks.) Bruch & Schimp.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17200390 · GBIF 2674162