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Megapolitan Feather-moss

Rhynchostegium megapolitanum

534Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan98
Feb68
Mar90
Apr29
May14
Jun13
Jul10
Aug15
Sep14
Oct26
Nov60
Dec96

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England141
2Somerset England24
3Suffolk England20
4Pembrokeshire Wales18
5Bristol, City of England18
6Kent England17
7Essex England16
8Swansea Wales16
9Cornwall England12
10Dorset England10
11Isle of Wight England10
12Devon England9
13Lincolnshire England9
14Carmarthenshire Wales8
15Portsmouth England8
436 England1 Scotland95 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
534
Peak month
January
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Rhynchostegium megapolitanum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
547
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Rhynchostegium
Name with authority
Rhynchostegium megapolitanum (Blandow ex F.Weber & D.Mohr) Schimp.
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15613021 · GBIF 2680105