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Alpine Water-moss

Fontinalis squamosa

2,254Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan31
Feb64
Mar111
Apr118
May117
Jun289
Jul460
Aug534
Sep331
Oct56
Nov39
Dec30

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales522
2Powys Wales265
3Ceredigion Wales230
4Pembrokeshire Wales212
5Carmarthenshire Wales179
6Conwy Wales90
7Highland Scotland80
8Devon England78
9Denbighshire Wales49
10Cumbria England46
11Cornwall England44
12Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland36
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland32
14Wrexham Wales26
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland26
297 England186 Scotland1,629 Wales139 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,254
Peak month
August
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Fontinalis squamosa
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,302
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Fontinalaceae
Genus
Fontinalis
Name with authority
Fontinalis squamosa Hedw.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15603481 · GBIF 2678774