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Beech Feather-moss

Cirriphyllum crassinervium

2,764Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
69Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan299
Feb302
Mar413
Apr317
May233
Jun150
Jul114
Aug97
Sep116
Oct179
Nov245
Dec267

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England217
2Gloucestershire England208
3North Yorkshire England139
4Kent England113
5Powys Wales103
6Worcestershire England96
7Bristol, City of England95
8Bath and North East Somerset England92
9Monmouthshire Wales88
10Devon England85
11Conwy Wales81
12Cumbria England69
13Herefordshire, County of England60
14Gwynedd Wales44
15Swansea Wales41
2,131 England102 Scotland523 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,764
Peak month
March
Counties with records
69
Scientific name
Cirriphyllum crassinervium
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,840
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Cirriphyllum
Name with authority
Cirriphyllum crassinervium (Taylor ex Wilson) Loeske & M.Fleisch.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17205439 · GBIF 5837996