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Silky Forklet-moss

Dicranella heteromalla

16,885Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
115Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,423
Feb1,580
Mar2,093
Apr1,853
May1,376
Jun1,010
Jul1,118
Aug1,029
Sep1,183
Oct1,391
Nov1,358
Dec1,161

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales751
2Norfolk England734
3Suffolk England669
4Carmarthenshire Wales653
5Pembrokeshire Wales562
6Highland Scotland558
7Powys Wales460
8Cumbria England400
9North Yorkshire England398
10Cornwall England396
11Worcestershire England369
12Kent England366
13Devon England364
14Gwynedd Wales305
15Monmouthshire Wales262
10,541 England2,126 Scotland4,047 Wales164 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 115 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
16,885
Peak month
March
Counties with records
115
Scientific name
Dicranella heteromalla
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
17,426
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Dicranellaceae
Genus
Dicranella
Name with authority
Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q310449 · GBIF 5281431