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Straw Spear-moss

Straminergon stramineum

2,266Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan70
Feb89
Mar181
Apr217
May167
Jun257
Jul379
Aug203
Sep236
Oct184
Nov134
Dec94

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales236
2Highland Scotland161
3Powys Wales128
4Gwynedd Wales125
5Cumbria England119
6North Yorkshire England110
7Carmarthenshire Wales101
8Pembrokeshire Wales88
9Worcestershire England75
10Scottish Borders Scotland50
11Perth and Kinross Scotland46
12Conwy Wales45
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland40
14Swansea Wales39
15Aberdeenshire Scotland31
801 England572 Scotland856 Wales35 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,266
Peak month
July
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Straminergon stramineum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,300
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Calliergonaceae
Genus
Straminergon
Name with authority
Straminergon stramineum (Dicks. ex Brid.) Hedenäs
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15605510 · GBIF 2681726