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Nut-moss

Diphyscium foliosum

1,549Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan61
Feb101
Mar116
Apr200
May145
Jun187
Jul254
Aug114
Sep133
Oct80
Nov77
Dec55

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland315
2Gwynedd Wales219
3Ceredigion Wales160
4Carmarthenshire Wales129
5Powys Wales95
6Conwy Wales87
7Cumbria England64
8Argyll and Bute Scotland59
9Pembrokeshire Wales48
10Perth and Kinross Scotland38
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland33
12Devon England32
13Cornwall England20
14Scottish Borders Scotland18
15Stirling Scotland17
143 England599 Scotland794 Wales13 Northern Ireland

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
1,549
Peak month
July
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Diphyscium foliosum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,631
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Diphysciales
Family
Diphysciaceae
Genus
Diphyscium
Name with authority
Diphyscium foliosum (Hedw.) D.Mohr
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11883385 · GBIF 2682864