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Lesser Pocket-moss

Fissidens bryoides

11,582Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,041
Feb1,193
Mar1,426
Apr1,198
May786
Jun627
Jul693
Aug631
Sep735
Oct1,003
Nov1,102
Dec949

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales580
2Pembrokeshire Wales546
3Ceredigion Wales541
4Cornwall England523
5Gwynedd Wales327
6Norfolk England290
7Powys Wales279
8Conwy Wales269
9Suffolk England264
10Devon England262
11Kent England250
12Worcestershire England244
13Monmouthshire Wales236
14Gloucestershire England212
15Cumbria England188
6,818 England1,231 Scotland3,421 Wales105 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,582
Peak month
March
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Fissidens bryoides
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,395
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Fissidentaceae
Genus
Fissidens
Name with authority
Fissidens bryoides Hedw.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11093368 · GBIF 5283004