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Flat-brocade Moss

Platygyrium repens

448Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan46
Feb52
Mar92
Apr45
May21
Jun10
Jul7
Aug8
Sep20
Oct33
Nov49
Dec58

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England143
2Gloucestershire England46
3Herefordshire, County of England27
4Oxfordshire England20
5Worcestershire England17
6Northamptonshire England16
7Surrey England15
8Monmouthshire Wales12
9Suffolk England11
10Lincolnshire England10
11Norfolk England8
12Kent England6
13Isle of Wight England6
14Somerset England5
15Milton Keynes England5
428 England6 Scotland14 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
448
Peak month
March
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Platygyrium repens
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
442
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Pylaisiadelphaceae
Genus
Platygyrium
Name with authority
Platygyrium repens (Brid.) Schimp.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15613088 · GBIF 2682514