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Pointed Beard-moss

Didymodon icmadophilus

410Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan60
Feb35
Mar50
Apr20
May25
Jun17
Jul68
Aug21
Sep16
Oct29
Nov33
Dec34

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales51
2Cumbria England47
3Highland Scotland36
4Cornwall England19
5Carmarthenshire Wales15
6North Yorkshire England14
7Swansea Wales13
8Cheshire East England9
9Surrey England8
10Worcestershire England8
11Cambridgeshire England7
12Perth and Kinross Scotland7
13Scottish Borders Scotland7
14Conwy Wales6
15Somerset England5
238 England58 Scotland113 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
410
Peak month
July
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Didymodon icmadophilus
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
421
Most recorded in
Pembrokeshire
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Didymodon
Name with authority
Didymodon icmadophilus (Schimp. ex Müll.Hal.) K.Saito

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q19843659 · GBIF 7720904