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Green Pocket-moss

Fissidens viridulus

2,389Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan324
Feb300
Mar391
Apr252
May110
Jun66
Jul61
Aug59
Sep76
Oct134
Nov267
Dec302

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales186
2Cambridgeshire England164
3Carmarthenshire Wales139
4Monmouthshire Wales132
5Somerset England106
6Gloucestershire England97
7Worcestershire England92
8Cornwall England87
9Suffolk England83
10Powys Wales61
11Ceredigion Wales60
12Kent England59
13Herefordshire, County of England49
14Swansea Wales49
15Bristol, City of England42
1,525 England53 Scotland799 Wales12 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
2,389
Peak month
March
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Fissidens viridulus
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,531
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Fissidentaceae
Genus
Fissidens
Name with authority
Fissidens viridulus (Sw.) Wahlenb.
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7825775