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Elegant Silk-moss

Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans

11,892Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
110Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan911
Feb1,107
Mar1,550
Apr1,587
May1,140
Jun800
Jul852
Aug763
Sep704
Oct745
Nov844
Dec692

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales570
2Carmarthenshire Wales567
3Highland Scotland442
4Cumbria England411
5Pembrokeshire Wales382
6Powys Wales375
7Gwynedd Wales342
8Devon England316
9North Yorkshire England286
10Cornwall England252
11Kent England232
12Monmouthshire Wales226
13Worcestershire England222
14Argyll and Bute Scotland179
15Somerset England173
6,885 England1,628 Scotland3,267 Wales102 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 110 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,892
Peak month
April
Counties with records
110
Scientific name
Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,300
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Plagiotheciaceae
Genus
Pseudotaxiphyllum
Name with authority
Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans (Brid.) Z.Iwats.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15599274 · GBIF 2679656