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Water Screw-moss

Syntrichia latifolia

3,728Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
93Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan551
Feb392
Mar392
Apr205
May169
Jun122
Jul130
Aug153
Sep204
Oct383
Nov462
Dec524

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Conwy Wales352
2Isle of Anglesey Wales268
3Gwynedd Wales185
4Ceredigion Wales148
5Suffolk England131
6Cambridgeshire England129
7North Yorkshire England117
8Monmouthshire Wales104
9City of Edinburgh Scotland82
10Norfolk England76
11Pembrokeshire Wales76
12Worcestershire England74
13Essex England73
14Scottish Borders Scotland69
15Powys Wales66
2,076 England273 Scotland1,343 Wales35 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 93 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,728
Peak month
January
Counties with records
93
Scientific name
Syntrichia latifolia
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,735
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Syntrichia
Name with authority
Syntrichia latifolia (Bruch ex Hartm.) Huebener
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8030480