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Kneiff's Feather-moss

Leptodictyum riparium

6,465Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
109Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan337
Feb349
Mar618
Apr502
May363
Jun743
Jul734
Aug808
Sep614
Oct444
Nov393
Dec286

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England556
2Cambridgeshire England453
3Norfolk England294
4Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland238
5Powys Wales226
6Pembrokeshire Wales202
7Carmarthenshire Wales199
8Monmouthshire Wales170
9Northamptonshire England135
10Mid Ulster Northern Ireland108
11Lincolnshire England103
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland98
13Essex England94
14Worcestershire England94
15Scottish Borders Scotland92
3,838 England263 Scotland1,571 Wales784 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 109 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,465
Peak month
August
Counties with records
109
Scientific name
Leptodictyum riparium
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,576
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Amblystegiaceae
Genus
Leptodictyum
Name with authority
Leptodictyum riparium (Hedw.) Warnst.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11892624 · GBIF 2673526