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Woolly Fringe-moss

Racomitrium lanuginosum

8,619Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan288
Feb387
Mar636
Apr800
May750
Jun1,150
Jul1,689
Aug917
Sep841
Oct451
Nov274
Dec184

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland2,645
2Cumbria England637
3Ceredigion Wales398
4Perth and Kinross Scotland392
5Gwynedd Wales374
6Argyll and Bute Scotland355
7North Yorkshire England297
8Powys Wales263
9Aberdeenshire Scotland195
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland186
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland183
12Carmarthenshire Wales160
13Stirling Scotland141
14Scottish Borders Scotland137
15Conwy Wales128
1,661 England5,054 Scotland1,734 Wales164 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,619
Peak month
July
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Racomitrium lanuginosum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,868
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Grimmiales
Family
Grimmiaceae
Genus
Racomitrium
Name with authority
Racomitrium lanuginosum (Hedw.) Brid.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3024247 · GBIF 2673622