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Claw Brook-moss

Hygrohypnella ochracea

2,643Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan59
Feb53
Mar160
Apr228
May242
Jun366
Jul467
Aug462
Sep294
Oct128
Nov104
Dec58

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales583
2Highland Scotland240
3Ceredigion Wales199
4Powys Wales196
5Conwy Wales170
6Carmarthenshire Wales114
7Pembrokeshire Wales60
8Cumbria England54
9Dumfries and Galloway Scotland54
10Argyll and Bute Scotland47
11North Yorkshire England46
12Devon England44
13Scottish Borders Scotland39
14Cornwall England36
15Perth and Kinross Scotland30
507 England633 Scotland1,434 Wales68 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,643
Peak month
July
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Hygrohypnella ochracea
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,697
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Scorpidiaceae
Genus
Hygrohypnella
Name with authority
Hygrohypnella ochracea (Turner ex Wilson) Ignatov & Ignatova
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17259409 · GBIF 7506968