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Hornschuch's Beard-moss

Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum

7,311Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
111Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan817
Feb782
Mar949
Apr501
May310
Jun271
Jul288
Aug423
Sep516
Oct770
Nov896
Dec745

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England873
2Suffolk England704
3Norfolk England540
4Somerset England173
5Cornwall England162
6Northamptonshire England160
7Lincolnshire England144
8Swansea Wales135
9Pembrokeshire Wales130
10Gloucestershire England118
11North Yorkshire England113
12Devon England109
13City of Edinburgh Scotland105
14Carmarthenshire Wales98
15Conwy Wales98
5,757 England394 Scotland1,122 Wales36 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 111 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,311
Peak month
March
Counties with records
111
Scientific name
Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,507
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Pseudocrossidium
Name with authority
Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum (Schultz) R.H.Zander
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13100332 · GBIF 2671804