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Fountain Apple-moss

Philonotis fontana

6,751Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan178
Feb237
Mar488
Apr723
May674
Jun862
Jul1,036
Aug644
Sep670
Oct483
Nov298
Dec220

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland966
2Ceredigion Wales351
3Powys Wales342
4Worcestershire England339
5Cumbria England330
6Gwynedd Wales303
7Carmarthenshire Wales265
8North Yorkshire England233
9Pembrokeshire Wales210
10Argyll and Bute Scotland209
11Perth and Kinross Scotland207
12Scottish Borders Scotland185
13Conwy Wales169
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland154
15Aberdeenshire Scotland83
1,862 England2,617 Scotland2,133 Wales133 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,751
Peak month
July
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Philonotis fontana
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,002
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bartramiales
Family
Bartramiaceae
Genus
Philonotis
Name with authority
Philonotis fontana (Hedw.) Brid.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1420938 · GBIF 2676100