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Mossy Saxifrage

Saxifraga hypnoides

569Records since 2000
JunePeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb1
Mar12
Apr20
May133
Jun137
Jul127
Aug42
Sep42
Oct27
Nov4
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Perth and Kinross Scotland120
2Highland Scotland96
3Cumbria England57
4Powys Wales46
5North Yorkshire England32
6Argyll and Bute Scotland27
7Stirling Scotland23
8Gwynedd Wales19
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland12
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland8
11Worcestershire England5
12Carmarthenshire Wales3
13Herefordshire, County of England3
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
181 England279 Scotland74 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
569
Peak month
June
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Saxifraga hypnoides
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,173
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Saxifragales
Family
Saxifragaceae
Genus
Saxifraga
Name with authority
Saxifraga hypnoides L.
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5397333 · GBIF 8028512