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Clustered Feather-moss

Rhynchostegium confertum

17,847Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
116Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2,214
Feb2,081
Mar2,514
Apr1,624
May1,078
Jun668
Jul626
Aug681
Sep893
Oct1,492
Nov1,970
Dec1,850

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,485
2Suffolk England1,042
3Norfolk England999
4Somerset England546
5Cornwall England483
6Carmarthenshire Wales462
7Pembrokeshire Wales457
8Northamptonshire England438
9Gloucestershire England430
10Kent England427
11Monmouthshire Wales346
12Ceredigion Wales345
13Devon England335
14Essex England313
15North Yorkshire England300
14,402 England368 Scotland2,952 Wales115 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 116 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
17,847
Peak month
March
Counties with records
116
Scientific name
Rhynchostegium confertum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
18,156
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Rhynchostegium
Name with authority
Rhynchostegium confertum (Dicks.) Schimp.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15612965 · GBIF 2673070