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Fern-leaved Hook-moss

Cratoneuron filicinum

12,557Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
113Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan926
Feb1,041
Mar1,472
Apr1,410
May988
Jun1,000
Jul998
Aug909
Sep887
Oct954
Nov901
Dec891

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England514
2Carmarthenshire Wales499
3Pembrokeshire Wales404
4Highland Scotland384
5Powys Wales351
6Somerset England335
7Cumbria England315
8Gloucestershire England312
9Cornwall England308
10Cambridgeshire England284
11Ceredigion Wales270
12Worcestershire England269
13Monmouthshire Wales249
14Scottish Borders Scotland239
15Swansea Wales222
7,070 England1,846 Scotland3,312 Wales320 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 113 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
12,557
Peak month
March
Counties with records
113
Scientific name
Cratoneuron filicinum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
13,412
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Amblystegiaceae
Genus
Cratoneuron
Name with authority
Cratoneuron filicinum (Hedw.) Spruce
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q592669 · GBIF 2673131