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Dusky Beard-moss

Geheebia lurida

4,229Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan505
Feb461
Mar693
Apr370
May236
Jun195
Jul171
Aug154
Sep229
Oct376
Nov452
Dec354

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England433
2Gloucestershire England262
3Suffolk England208
4Kent England166
5Northamptonshire England164
6Cornwall England149
7Devon England136
8Somerset England124
9Surrey England110
10Pembrokeshire Wales91
11Lincolnshire England90
12Norfolk England76
13Essex England64
14Worcestershire England64
15North Yorkshire England63
3,658 England128 Scotland436 Wales7 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
4,229
Peak month
March
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Geheebia lurida
Group
Mosses
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Geheebia
Name with authority
Geheebia lurida (Hornsch. ex Spreng.) J.A.Jiménez & M.J.Cano
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 12264501