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Larger Mouse-tail Moss

Isothecium alopecuroides

6,047Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
94Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan418
Feb571
Mar954
Apr890
May567
Jun424
Jul441
Aug306
Sep304
Oct356
Nov391
Dec319

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland489
2Devon England248
3Cambridgeshire England241
4Suffolk England201
5Powys Wales195
6Carmarthenshire Wales186
7Cumbria England181
8Pembrokeshire Wales175
9North Yorkshire England171
10Scottish Borders Scotland152
11Somerset England148
12Argyll and Bute Scotland136
13Gwynedd Wales134
14Perth and Kinross Scotland133
15Kent England131
3,218 England1,525 Scotland1,106 Wales189 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 94 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,047
Peak month
March
Counties with records
94
Scientific name
Isothecium alopecuroides
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,319
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Lembophyllaceae
Genus
Isothecium
Name with authority
Isothecium alopecuroides (Lam. ex Dubois) Isov.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q796552 · GBIF 2679735