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Cypress-leaved Plait-moss

Hypnum cupressiforme

41,845Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
124Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3,762
Feb3,943
Mar5,308
Apr4,542
May3,437
Jun2,782
Jul2,793
Aug2,358
Sep2,585
Oct3,176
Nov3,453
Dec3,000

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England2,775
2Cambridgeshire England2,239
3Suffolk England2,168
4Highland Scotland1,701
5North Yorkshire England1,351
6Cumbria England958
7Pembrokeshire Wales918
8Powys Wales910
9Ceredigion Wales869
10Carmarthenshire Wales843
11Worcestershire England815
12Kent England786
13Northamptonshire England727
14Gloucestershire England719
15Swansea Wales654
28,297 England5,956 Scotland7,056 Wales518 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 124 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
41,845
Peak month
March
Counties with records
124
Scientific name
Hypnum cupressiforme
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,637
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Hypnaceae
Genus
Hypnum
Name with authority
Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw.
Contributing datasets
46

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q245867 · GBIF 2681972