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Nicholson's Beard-moss

Vinealobryum nicholsonii

4,567Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
68Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan568
Feb516
Mar504
Apr266
May205
Jun160
Jul131
Aug182
Sep221
Oct444
Nov718
Dec632

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England366
2Isle of Anglesey Wales328
3Conwy Wales319
4Cornwall England254
5Carmarthenshire Wales224
6Devon England201
7Cambridgeshire England176
8Ceredigion Wales151
9Gwynedd Wales141
10Swansea Wales140
11Bristol, City of England134
12Pembrokeshire Wales131
13Bath and North East Somerset England115
14Monmouthshire Wales98
15Gloucestershire England96
2,718 England12 Scotland1,827 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,567
Peak month
November
Counties with records
68
Scientific name
Vinealobryum nicholsonii
Group
Mosses
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Vinealobryum
Name with authority
Vinealobryum nicholsonii (Culm.) R.H.Zander
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 12228478