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Olive Beard Moss

Geheebia tophacea

3,036Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
109Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan251
Feb282
Mar511
Apr389
May212
Jun173
Jul189
Aug135
Sep142
Oct227
Nov242
Dec245

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England225
2Cambridgeshire England188
3Suffolk England135
4Pembrokeshire Wales99
5Worcestershire England85
6Swansea Wales84
7Carmarthenshire Wales78
8Isle of Anglesey Wales75
9Devon England60
10Gwynedd Wales58
11Gloucestershire England57
12Highland Scotland52
13Nottinghamshire England48
14Ceredigion Wales47
15City of Edinburgh Scotland43
1,852 England404 Scotland737 Wales42 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 109 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,036
Peak month
March
Counties with records
109
Scientific name
Geheebia tophacea
Group
Mosses
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Geheebia
Name with authority
Geheebia tophacea (Brid.) R.H.Zander
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10994463