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Fatfoot Pocket-moss

Fissidens crassipes

817Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan50
Feb57
Mar79
Apr68
May51
Jun65
Jul57
Aug90
Sep69
Oct87
Nov64
Dec56

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England56
2Monmouthshire Wales53
3North Yorkshire England42
4Cumbria England40
5Gloucestershire England29
6City of Edinburgh Scotland28
7Scottish Borders Scotland25
8Cambridgeshire England23
9Somerset England23
10Suffolk England22
11Herefordshire, County of England21
12Powys Wales16
13Bath and North East Somerset England15
14Dorset England13
15Northamptonshire England13
576 England101 Scotland126 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
817
Peak month
August
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Fissidens crassipes
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
861
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Monmouthshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Fissidentaceae
Genus
Fissidens
Name with authority
Fissidens crassipes Wilson ex Bruch & Schimp.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17206702 · GBIF 5283046