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Fox-tail Feather-moss

Thamnobryum alopecurum

14,679Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
113Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,248
Feb1,429
Mar1,960
Apr1,645
May1,151
Jun947
Jul1,037
Aug979
Sep880
Oct981
Nov1,082
Dec1,116

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales620
2Pembrokeshire Wales551
3Somerset England550
4Powys Wales548
5Cambridgeshire England539
6Highland Scotland517
7North Yorkshire England516
8Suffolk England494
9Cornwall England431
10Cumbria England404
11Devon England403
12Ceredigion Wales370
13Gloucestershire England356
14Monmouthshire Wales336
15Gwynedd Wales322
8,684 England1,770 Scotland3,800 Wales413 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
14,679
Peak month
March
Counties with records
113
Scientific name
Thamnobryum alopecurum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
15,101
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Neckeraceae
Genus
Thamnobryum
Name with authority
Thamnobryum alopecurum (Hedw.) Gangulee
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q442329 · GBIF 2678712