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Marble Screw-moss

Syntrichia papillosa

2,509Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan323
Feb290
Mar245
Apr188
May180
Jun151
Jul95
Aug116
Sep82
Oct203
Nov297
Dec308

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England189
2Cambridgeshire England177
3Suffolk England145
4City of Edinburgh Scotland117
5Somerset England109
6Devon England61
7Gloucestershire England51
8Conwy Wales46
9Scottish Borders Scotland44
10Monmouthshire Wales43
11Dorset England42
12Essex England38
13Kent England36
14Bath and North East Somerset England36
15Cornwall England32
1,830 England296 Scotland343 Wales40 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,509
Peak month
January
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Syntrichia papillosa
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,626
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Syntrichia
Name with authority
Syntrichia papillosa (Wilson) Jur.
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15316790 · GBIF 2671310