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Neat Feather-moss

Pseudoscleropodium purum

24,718Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
122Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,973
Feb2,171
Mar2,886
Apr2,249
May1,707
Jun2,131
Jul2,208
Aug1,865
Sep1,734
Oct1,742
Nov1,743
Dec1,591

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,343
2Norfolk England1,330
3Suffolk England1,028
4North Yorkshire England925
5Worcestershire England830
6Pembrokeshire Wales791
7Cumbria England771
8Cambridgeshire England742
9Ceredigion Wales720
10Carmarthenshire Wales621
11Powys Wales585
12Cornwall England549
13Devon England440
14Swansea Wales388
15Somerset England367
15,061 England4,357 Scotland4,947 Wales340 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
24,718
Peak month
March
Counties with records
122
Scientific name
Pseudoscleropodium purum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
25,275
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Pseudoscleropodium
Name with authority
Pseudoscleropodium purum (Hedw.) M.Fleisch.
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1460161 · GBIF 2682836