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Hair-pointed Feather-moss

Cirriphyllum piliferum

5,694Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
97Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan613
Feb735
Mar981
Apr761
May344
Jun227
Jul240
Aug214
Sep229
Oct379
Nov436
Dec438

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England239
2North Yorkshire England197
3Carmarthenshire Wales197
4Highland Scotland191
5Somerset England191
6Cumbria England183
7Devon England160
8Powys Wales156
9Pembrokeshire Wales147
10Ceredigion Wales147
11Kent England130
12Monmouthshire Wales128
13Northamptonshire England127
14Scottish Borders Scotland126
15Suffolk England117
3,544 England981 Scotland1,064 Wales100 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 97 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,694
Peak month
March
Counties with records
97
Scientific name
Cirriphyllum piliferum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,846
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Cirriphyllum
Name with authority
Cirriphyllum piliferum (Hedw.) Grout
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27734 · GBIF 2679761