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Red forklet moss

Dicranella rufescens

1,984Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan68
Feb62
Mar90
Apr111
May125
Jun164
Jul333
Aug273
Sep290
Oct211
Nov158
Dec83

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales234
2Carmarthenshire Wales216
3Powys Wales123
4Gwynedd Wales102
5Pembrokeshire Wales98
6Highland Scotland84
7Scottish Borders Scotland74
8Conwy Wales54
9Devon England43
10Cornwall England38
11Argyll and Bute Scotland34
12Worcestershire England30
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland29
14Somerset England28
15Cumbria England28
616 England389 Scotland955 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,984
Peak month
July
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Dicranella rufescens
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,060
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Dicranellaceae
Genus
Dicranella
Name with authority
Dicranella rufescens (Dicks.) Schimp.
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15340111 · GBIF 5710583