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False Beard Moss

Geheebia fallax

7,207Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
115Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan697
Feb766
Mar981
Apr629
May397
Jun376
Jul371
Aug370
Sep462
Oct624
Nov748
Dec692

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England361
2Gloucestershire England289
3Suffolk England239
4Swansea Wales199
5North Yorkshire England194
6Somerset England194
7Pembrokeshire Wales176
8Carmarthenshire Wales173
9Worcestershire England152
10Powys Wales129
11Highland Scotland127
12Monmouthshire Wales123
13Northamptonshire England121
14Kent England119
15Cornwall England101
4,716 England584 Scotland1,698 Wales204 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 115 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,207
Peak month
March
Counties with records
115
Scientific name
Geheebia fallax
Group
Mosses
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Geheebia
Name with authority
Geheebia fallax (Hedw.) R.H.Zander
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 12209853