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Wood Bristle-moss

Lewinskya affinis

26,382Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
123Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2,629
Feb2,807
Mar3,686
Apr2,981
May2,142
Jun1,443
Jul1,267
Aug1,259
Sep1,487
Oct1,945
Nov2,363
Dec2,099

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England1,648
2Cambridgeshire England1,620
3Suffolk England1,445
4Somerset England693
5Carmarthenshire Wales692
6North Yorkshire England674
7Kent England568
8Northamptonshire England556
9Gloucestershire England498
10Essex England447
11Monmouthshire Wales427
12Devon England417
13Pembrokeshire Wales414
14Lincolnshire England390
15Ceredigion Wales383
20,237 England1,824 Scotland4,028 Wales285 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
26,382
Peak month
March
Counties with records
123
Scientific name
Lewinskya affinis
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
26,731
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthotrichales
Family
Orthotrichaceae
Genus
Lewinskya
Name with authority
Lewinskya affinis (Brid.) F.Lara, Garilleti & Goffinet
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10055902