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Drab Brook-moss

Hygrohypnum luridum

2,182Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
87Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan107
Feb114
Mar197
Apr273
May186
Jun218
Jul286
Aug224
Sep178
Oct143
Nov127
Dec99

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland230
2Powys Wales194
3North Yorkshire England187
4Scottish Borders Scotland102
5Cumbria England82
6Gwynedd Wales75
7Argyll and Bute Scotland73
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland64
9Dumfries and Galloway Scotland44
10Perth and Kinross Scotland41
11Monmouthshire Wales38
12Ceredigion Wales37
13Worcestershire England36
14Gloucestershire England33
15Conwy Wales33
873 England693 Scotland525 Wales90 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,182
Peak month
July
Counties with records
87
Scientific name
Hygrohypnum luridum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,267
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Amblystegiaceae
Genus
Hygrohypnum
Name with authority
Hygrohypnum luridum (Hedw.) Jenn.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7176240 · GBIF 2681583