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Common Bladder-moss

Physcomitrium pyriforme

934Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
66Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan40
Feb45
Mar175
Apr235
May119
Jun76
Jul64
Aug30
Sep34
Oct31
Nov42
Dec30

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England121
2Pembrokeshire Wales67
3Suffolk England55
4Cornwall England45
5Carmarthenshire Wales42
6Cambridgeshire England37
7Somerset England30
8Monmouthshire Wales25
9Lincolnshire England20
10Powys Wales17
11Devon England16
12Cumbria England16
13Scottish Borders Scotland16
14Bristol, City of England16
15Swansea Wales16
632 England66 Scotland215 Wales19 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
934
Peak month
April
Counties with records
66
Scientific name
Physcomitrium pyriforme
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
977
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Pembrokeshire, Suffolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Funariales
Family
Funariaceae
Genus
Physcomitrium
Name with authority
Physcomitrium pyriforme (Hedw.) Brid.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8285765