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Urn Haircap

Pogonatum urnigerum

4,682Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
76Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan214
Feb249
Mar330
Apr395
May337
Jun450
Jul724
Aug484
Sep535
Oct438
Nov277
Dec201

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland871
2Ceredigion Wales289
3Gwynedd Wales283
4Carmarthenshire Wales265
5Powys Wales249
6Argyll and Bute Scotland207
7Cumbria England151
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland144
9Conwy Wales139
10Perth and Kinross Scotland128
11Scottish Borders Scotland119
12Cornwall England109
13Pembrokeshire Wales91
14Aberdeenshire Scotland86
15North Yorkshire England70
786 England2,057 Scotland1,737 Wales100 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,682
Peak month
July
Counties with records
76
Scientific name
Pogonatum urnigerum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,923
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Polytrichopsida
Order
Polytrichales
Family
Polytrichaceae
Genus
Pogonatum
Name with authority
Pogonatum urnigerum (Hedw.) P.Beauv.
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2100546 · GBIF 2682986