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Golden-head Moss

Breutelia chrysocoma

4,224Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
46Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan139
Feb209
Mar327
Apr405
May405
Jun638
Jul709
Aug354
Sep347
Oct284
Nov168
Dec135

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,592
2Argyll and Bute Scotland296
3Cumbria England274
4Gwynedd Wales257
5Ceredigion Wales143
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland139
7Carmarthenshire Wales112
8Powys Wales111
9Conwy Wales110
10North Yorkshire England101
11Perth and Kinross Scotland80
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland76
13Pembrokeshire Wales73
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland68
15Scottish Borders Scotland55
512 England2,706 Scotland854 Wales146 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 46 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,224
Peak month
July
Counties with records
46
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Breutelia chrysocoma
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,486
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bartramiales
Family
Bartramiaceae
Genus
Breutelia
Name with authority
Breutelia chrysocoma (Hedw.) Lindb.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17202492 · GBIF 2676330