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Strict Haircap

Polytrichum strictum

2,802Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
66Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan86
Feb117
Mar195
Apr302
May243
Jun314
Jul333
Aug362
Sep372
Oct222
Nov144
Dec79

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England322
2Ceredigion Wales251
3Gwynedd Wales237
4Conwy Wales176
5East Ayrshire Scotland173
6North Yorkshire England146
7Perth and Kinross Scotland125
8Highland Scotland105
9Powys Wales104
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland83
11Stirling Scotland82
12Scottish Borders Scotland70
13Carmarthenshire Wales63
14West Lothian Scotland57
15Wrexham Wales39
849 England958 Scotland931 Wales62 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,802
Peak month
September
Counties with records
66
Scientific name
Polytrichum strictum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,914
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Polytrichopsida
Order
Polytrichales
Family
Polytrichaceae
Genus
Polytrichum
Name with authority
Polytrichum strictum Menzies ex Brid.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q637826 · GBIF 2683060