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Maidenhair Pocket-moss

Fissidens adianthoides

4,452Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
92Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan314
Feb377
Mar477
Apr470
May345
Jun381
Jul459
Aug311
Sep359
Oct291
Nov279
Dec275

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland458
2Powys Wales258
3Cumbria England239
4Gwynedd Wales233
5Carmarthenshire Wales225
6Pembrokeshire Wales142
7Argyll and Bute Scotland131
8North Yorkshire England126
9Worcestershire England126
10Conwy Wales109
11Ceredigion Wales105
12Gloucestershire England101
13Isle of Anglesey Wales98
14Perth and Kinross Scotland96
15Scottish Borders Scotland81
1,472 England1,215 Scotland1,662 Wales99 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,452
Peak month
March
Counties with records
92
Scientific name
Fissidens adianthoides
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,841
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Fissidentaceae
Genus
Fissidens
Name with authority
Fissidens adianthoides Hedw.
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1566509 · GBIF 5281267