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Spiral Extinguisher-moss

Encalypta streptocarpa

4,012Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
95Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan282
Feb348
Mar539
Apr496
May336
Jun290
Jul271
Aug222
Sep286
Oct283
Nov293
Dec299

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England341
2Carmarthenshire Wales196
3Somerset England151
4Powys Wales142
5Cumbria England135
6Gloucestershire England131
7Gwynedd Wales124
8Highland Scotland122
9Worcestershire England102
10Pembrokeshire Wales78
11Perth and Kinross Scotland77
12Ceredigion Wales72
13Swansea Wales65
14Monmouthshire Wales59
15Conwy Wales57
2,169 England586 Scotland1,164 Wales88 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 95 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,012
Peak month
March
Counties with records
95
Scientific name
Encalypta streptocarpa
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,152
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Encalyptales
Family
Encalyptaceae
Genus
Encalypta
Name with authority
Encalypta streptocarpa Hedw.
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1497612 · GBIF 5280149