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Pointed Lattice-moss

Dialytrichia mucronata

642Records since 2000
DecemberPeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan71
Feb80
Mar82
Apr57
May36
Jun17
Jul23
Aug24
Sep19
Oct67
Nov76
Dec85

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England118
2Monmouthshire Wales39
3Bath and North East Somerset England33
4Dorset England32
5Cornwall England29
6Swansea Wales25
7Isle of Anglesey Wales23
8Gloucestershire England21
9Devon England20
10Carmarthenshire Wales19
11Bristol, City of England18
12Worcestershire England12
13Cambridgeshire England11
14Suffolk England10
15Pembrokeshire Wales10
453 England189 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
642
Peak month
December
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Dialytrichia mucronata
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
640
Most recorded in
Somerset
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Dialytrichia
Name with authority
Dialytrichia mucronata (Brid.) Broth.
Contributing datasets
7

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15338018 · GBIF 2671143