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Greater Water-moss

Fontinalis antipyretica

7,753Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
99Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan270
Feb285
Mar587
Apr611
May460
Jun1,012
Jul1,302
Aug1,163
Sep821
Oct370
Nov281
Dec223

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales550
2Highland Scotland421
3Gwynedd Wales415
4Carmarthenshire Wales360
5Pembrokeshire Wales286
6Scottish Borders Scotland274
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland267
8Cumbria England237
9Ceredigion Wales192
10North Yorkshire England184
11Conwy Wales181
12Cambridgeshire England173
13Lincolnshire England160
14Monmouthshire Wales159
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland136
2,375 England1,618 Scotland2,885 Wales869 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,753
Peak month
July
Counties with records
99
Scientific name
Fontinalis antipyretica
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,370
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Fontinalaceae
Genus
Fontinalis
Name with authority
Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q385125 · GBIF 2673408