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Fountain Feather-moss

Hygroamblystegium tenax

1,402Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan83
Feb93
Mar189
Apr160
May82
Jun129
Jul175
Aug127
Sep99
Oct75
Nov84
Dec70

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales109
2Powys Wales75
3Scottish Borders Scotland69
4Worcestershire England64
5Pembrokeshire Wales60
6Monmouthshire Wales54
7Somerset England51
8Gloucestershire England51
9City of Edinburgh Scotland49
10Ceredigion Wales42
11Herefordshire, County of England41
12Cornwall England33
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland29
14North Yorkshire England22
15Cumbria England20
620 England275 Scotland477 Wales27 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,402
Peak month
March
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Hygroamblystegium tenax
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,423
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Amblystegiaceae
Genus
Hygroamblystegium
Name with authority
Hygroamblystegium tenax (Hedw.) Jenn.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15599419 · GBIF 2681735