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Juicy Silk-moss

Plagiothecium succulentum

5,833Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
110Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan314
Feb432
Mar838
Apr969
May638
Jun483
Jul482
Aug316
Sep299
Oct356
Nov311
Dec284

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales417
2Pembrokeshire Wales319
3Gwynedd Wales291
4Highland Scotland289
5Powys Wales206
6Ceredigion Wales196
7Cornwall England176
8Monmouthshire Wales173
9Conwy Wales155
10Cumbria England145
11Worcestershire England126
12Devon England116
13North Yorkshire England109
14Argyll and Bute Scotland96
15Kent England88
2,641 England1,102 Scotland1,983 Wales99 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 110 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,833
Peak month
April
Counties with records
110
Scientific name
Plagiothecium succulentum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,067
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Plagiotheciaceae
Genus
Plagiothecium
Name with authority
Plagiothecium succulentum (Wilson) Lindb.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2097962 · GBIF 5283458