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Wall Screw-moss

Tortula muralis

24,717Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
124Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2,750
Feb2,818
Mar3,438
Apr2,639
May1,759
Jun1,280
Jul1,179
Aug1,181
Sep1,395
Oct1,804
Nov2,133
Dec2,134

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England1,824
2Cambridgeshire England1,435
3Suffolk England1,248
4North Yorkshire England604
5Cornwall England584
6Carmarthenshire Wales555
7Pembrokeshire Wales553
8Sefton England543
9Somerset England509
10Northamptonshire England473
11Gloucestershire England461
12Ceredigion Wales429
13Devon England428
14Kent England372
15Worcestershire England347
18,814 England2,043 Scotland3,568 Wales283 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 124 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
24,717
Peak month
March
Counties with records
124
Scientific name
Tortula muralis
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
24,499
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Tortula
Name with authority
Tortula muralis Hedw.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q71869 · GBIF 5280562