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Lyell's bristle-moss

Pulvigera lyellii

5,981Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
101Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan595
Feb674
Mar961
Apr718
May463
Jun287
Jul220
Aug254
Sep304
Oct445
Nov518
Dec484

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England335
2Suffolk England318
3Somerset England309
4Norfolk England241
5Essex England212
6Monmouthshire Wales144
7Devon England143
8Gloucestershire England137
9Dorset England131
10Surrey England129
11Kent England122
12Powys Wales110
13Northamptonshire England86
14Perth and Kinross Scotland79
15Bath and North East Somerset England76
4,866 England380 Scotland697 Wales24 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 101 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,981
Peak month
March
Counties with records
101
Scientific name
Pulvigera lyellii
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,082
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthotrichales
Family
Orthotrichaceae
Genus
Pulvigera
Name with authority
Pulvigera lyellii (Hook. & Taylor) Plášek, Sawicki & Ochyra
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 11081927