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Yellow Crisp-moss

Tortella flavovirens

1,160Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
47Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan101
Feb99
Mar167
Apr115
May65
Jun93
Jul90
Aug83
Sep72
Oct93
Nov93
Dec79

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England143
2Swansea Wales103
3Pembrokeshire Wales86
4Ceredigion Wales64
5Norfolk England56
6Isle of Anglesey Wales51
7Gwynedd Wales36
8Suffolk England35
9Devon England35
10Highland Scotland27
11Carmarthenshire Wales27
12Orkney Islands Scotland14
13Argyll and Bute Scotland13
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland12
15Bristol, City of England12
508 England169 Scotland465 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,160
Peak month
March
Counties with records
47
Scientific name
Tortella flavovirens
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,285
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Tortella
Name with authority
Tortella flavovirens (Bruch) Broth.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15325034 · GBIF 2671336