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Pointed Spear-moss

Calliergonella cuspidata

32,268Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
126Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2,385
Feb2,785
Mar3,833
Apr3,245
May2,407
Jun2,789
Jul2,965
Aug2,388
Sep2,254
Oct2,180
Nov2,218
Dec2,002

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,351
2Highland Scotland1,174
3North Yorkshire England1,089
4Norfolk England1,079
5Pembrokeshire Wales1,071
6Carmarthenshire Wales942
7Worcestershire England877
8Powys Wales814
9Ceredigion Wales734
10Cumbria England731
11Suffolk England713
12Cornwall England701
13Swansea Wales618
14Somerset England600
15Gloucestershire England493
19,673 England4,813 Scotland7,268 Wales503 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
32,268
Peak month
March
Counties with records
126
Scientific name
Calliergonella cuspidata
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
33,330
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Pylaisiaceae
Genus
Calliergonella
Name with authority
Calliergonella cuspidata (Hedw.) Loeske
Contributing datasets
48

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q486540 · GBIF 4921778