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Variable forklet moss

Dicranella varia

6,232Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
107Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan542
Feb510
Mar617
Apr493
May341
Jun355
Jul350
Aug356
Sep570
Oct703
Nov729
Dec595

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England574
2Suffolk England280
3Gloucestershire England279
4Somerset England233
5Cornwall England208
6Carmarthenshire Wales195
7Pembrokeshire Wales189
8Monmouthshire Wales133
9Ceredigion Wales128
10Devon England114
11Worcestershire England113
12Norfolk England105
13Swansea Wales92
14Kent England89
15Powys Wales89
4,414 England396 Scotland1,303 Wales119 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 107 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,232
Peak month
November
Counties with records
107
Scientific name
Dicranella varia
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,016
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Dicranellaceae
Genus
Dicranella
Name with authority
Dicranella varia (Hedw.) Schimp.
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7491889