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Creeping Feather-moss

Amblystegium serpens

22,321Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
123Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2,340
Feb2,429
Mar3,414
Apr2,529
May1,583
Jun1,052
Jul997
Aug966
Sep1,213
Oct1,687
Nov1,997
Dec1,888

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,864
2Suffolk England1,393
3Norfolk England1,342
4Northamptonshire England636
5Cornwall England569
6Somerset England543
7Kent England490
8North Yorkshire England480
9Gloucestershire England471
10Lincolnshire England391
11Carmarthenshire Wales379
12Pembrokeshire Wales358
13Ceredigion Wales353
14Monmouthshire Wales341
15Worcestershire England333
17,765 England1,526 Scotland2,830 Wales192 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
22,321
Peak month
March
Counties with records
123
Scientific name
Amblystegium serpens
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
22,879
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Amblystegiaceae
Genus
Amblystegium
Name with authority
Amblystegium serpens (Hedw.) Schimp.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7797019