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Showy Bristle-moss

Lewinskya speciosa

136Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb8
Mar16
Apr12
May9
Jun8
Jul9
Aug18
Sep10
Oct10
Nov12
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland75
2Cambridgeshire England12
3Calderdale England6
4North Yorkshire England5
5Suffolk England4
6Aberdeenshire Scotland3
7Sheffield England2
8Norfolk England1
9Dorset England1
10Pembrokeshire Wales1
11Doncaster England1
12Moray Scotland1
53 England81 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
136
Peak month
August
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Lewinskya speciosa
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
132
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthotrichales
Family
Orthotrichaceae
Genus
Lewinskya
Name with authority
Lewinskya speciosa (Nees) F.Lara, Garilleti & Goffinet

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10242289