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Large White-moss

Leucobryum glaucum

3,142Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
66Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan151
Feb202
Mar235
Apr271
May269
Jun362
Jul444
Aug281
Sep312
Oct222
Nov196
Dec124

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland476
2Gwynedd Wales284
3Cumbria England191
4Argyll and Bute Scotland124
5Ceredigion Wales105
6Dorset England90
7Conwy Wales84
8Norfolk England83
9Devon England74
10Kent England72
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland72
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland64
13Pembrokeshire Wales58
14North Yorkshire England54
15Perth and Kinross Scotland49
1,318 England1,172 Scotland620 Wales31 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,142
Peak month
July
Counties with records
66
Scientific name
Leucobryum glaucum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,387
Conservation designations
Habitats Directive, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Leucobryaceae
Genus
Leucobryum
Name with authority
Leucobryum glaucum (Hedw.) Ångstr.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1500863 · GBIF 2675719