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Matted Feather-moss

Sciuro-hypnum populeum

2,494Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
91Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan205
Feb241
Mar299
Apr294
May198
Jun152
Jul161
Aug135
Sep167
Oct190
Nov203
Dec199

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales156
2Powys Wales97
3Cornwall England96
4Gwynedd Wales89
5Monmouthshire Wales88
6Ceredigion Wales84
7Cumbria England82
8Pembrokeshire Wales81
9Highland Scotland77
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland75
11Gloucestershire England74
12Worcestershire England58
13North Yorkshire England54
14Devon England53
15Conwy Wales47
1,074 England508 Scotland853 Wales58 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,494
Peak month
March
Counties with records
91
Scientific name
Sciuro-hypnum populeum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,558
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Sciuro-hypnum
Name with authority
Sciuro-hypnum populeum (Hedw.) Ignatov & Huttunen
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q310418 · GBIF 7935594