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Delicate Earth-moss

Pseudephemerum nitidum

2,020Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan95
Feb78
Mar72
Apr53
May70
Jun134
Jul225
Aug292
Sep331
Oct360
Nov195
Dec93

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales176
2Ceredigion Wales130
3Devon England112
4Carmarthenshire Wales111
5Cornwall England87
6Gwynedd Wales63
7Powys Wales55
8Somerset England41
9Kent England38
10Surrey England38
11Conwy Wales38
12Gloucestershire England34
13Isle of Anglesey Wales26
14Swansea Wales26
15North Yorkshire England24
1,130 England159 Scotland698 Wales32 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,020
Peak month
October
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Pseudephemerum nitidum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,107
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Ditrichaceae
Genus
Pseudephemerum
Name with authority
Pseudephemerum nitidum (Hedw.) Loeske
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7637750