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Green Yoke-moss

Zygodon viridissimus

8,938Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
101Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan974
Feb1,031
Mar1,190
Apr888
May572
Jun448
Jul428
Aug412
Sep464
Oct761
Nov805
Dec865

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England484
2Somerset England451
3Cornwall England392
4Suffolk England367
5Pembrokeshire Wales350
6Carmarthenshire Wales309
7Devon England292
8Gloucestershire England285
9Norfolk England222
10Gwynedd Wales210
11Ceredigion Wales204
12Monmouthshire Wales189
13Swansea Wales153
14Bath and North East Somerset England146
15Kent England144
6,051 England680 Scotland2,092 Wales107 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 101 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,938
Peak month
March
Counties with records
101
Scientific name
Zygodon viridissimus
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,474
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthotrichales
Family
Orthotrichaceae
Genus
Zygodon
Name with authority
Zygodon viridissimus (Dicks.) Brid.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q9392055 · GBIF 5281000