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Many-fruited Leskea

Leskea polycarpa

2,223Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan169
Feb169
Mar330
Apr273
May152
Jun151
Jul136
Aug135
Sep132
Oct213
Nov163
Dec167

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England147
2North Yorkshire England110
3Suffolk England109
4Monmouthshire Wales101
5Carmarthenshire Wales90
6Norfolk England82
7Devon England63
8Powys Wales55
9Somerset England52
10Northamptonshire England48
11Gloucestershire England46
12Worcestershire England44
13Essex England43
14Dorset England41
15Scottish Borders Scotland37
1,658 England124 Scotland415 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,223
Peak month
March
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Leskea polycarpa
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,311
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Leskeaceae
Genus
Leskea
Name with authority
Leskea polycarpa Hedw.
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7720773 · GBIF 2681370