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Petty Pocket-moss

Fissidens pusillus

1,663Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan162
Feb129
Mar184
Apr181
May132
Jun87
Jul106
Aug127
Sep148
Oct126
Nov119
Dec142

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Monmouthshire Wales137
2Kent England94
3Powys Wales78
4Gloucestershire England74
5North Yorkshire England62
6Somerset England56
7Pembrokeshire Wales56
8Ceredigion Wales56
9Carmarthenshire Wales54
10Gwynedd Wales40
11Bristol, City of England29
12Herefordshire, County of England28
13Bath and North East Somerset England26
14Cornwall England22
15Worcestershire England22
1,040 England118 Scotland491 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,663
Peak month
March
Counties with records
77
Scientific name
Fissidens pusillus
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,742
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Fissidentaceae
Genus
Fissidens
Name with authority
Fissidens pusillus (Wilson) Milde
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q47494046 · GBIF 5710759