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Variable Crisp-moss

Trichostomum brachydontium

4,091Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan282
Feb391
Mar486
Apr449
May294
Jun338
Jul516
Aug265
Sep258
Oct252
Nov249
Dec270

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland678
2Swansea Wales331
3Pembrokeshire Wales291
4Cornwall England208
5Powys Wales138
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland125
7Ceredigion Wales121
8Argyll and Bute Scotland117
9Cumbria England87
10Gwynedd Wales81
11Devon England79
12Carmarthenshire Wales79
13Monmouthshire Wales70
14Somerset England69
15Worcestershire England63
1,118 England1,503 Scotland1,355 Wales113 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,091
Peak month
July
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Trichostomum brachydontium
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,986
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Trichostomum
Name with authority
Trichostomum brachydontium Bruch
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11126483 · GBIF 5280813