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Thick-nerved Apple-moss

Philonotis calcarea

739Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
46Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb21
Mar51
Apr57
May53
Jun77
Jul147
Aug85
Sep65
Oct70
Nov32
Dec27

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England113
2Powys Wales73
3Worcestershire England58
4Highland Scotland56
5Scottish Borders Scotland50
6Cumbria England32
7Carmarthenshire Wales20
8Monmouthshire Wales19
9Argyll and Bute Scotland17
10Perth and Kinross Scotland17
11Gwynedd Wales15
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland15
13Norfolk England13
14Swansea Wales12
15Pembrokeshire Wales11
292 England234 Scotland197 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 46 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
739
Peak month
July
Counties with records
46
Scientific name
Philonotis calcarea
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
834
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bartramiales
Family
Bartramiaceae
Genus
Philonotis
Name with authority
Philonotis calcarea (Bruch & Schimp.) Schimp.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2088155 · GBIF 2676091