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Flagellate Feather-moss

Hyocomium armoricum

4,162Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
51Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan180
Feb267
Mar363
Apr459
May400
Jun417
Jul482
Aug441
Sep377
Oct273
Nov253
Dec170

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland717
2Gwynedd Wales508
3Ceredigion Wales342
4Carmarthenshire Wales242
5Powys Wales222
6Argyll and Bute Scotland200
7Conwy Wales151
8Cumbria England149
9Devon England90
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland63
11North Yorkshire England59
12Pembrokeshire Wales59
13Sheffield England52
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland49
15Cornwall England46
1,044 England1,256 Scotland1,790 Wales70 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,162
Peak month
July
Counties with records
51
Scientific name
Hyocomium armoricum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,365
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Myuriaceae
Genus
Hyocomium
Name with authority
Hyocomium armoricum (Brid.) Wijk & Margad.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1640762 · GBIF 2682400