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Purple-stalked Pocket-moss

Fissidens osmundoides

1,769Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan76
Feb97
Mar133
Apr150
May179
Jun247
Jul324
Aug131
Sep167
Oct103
Nov72
Dec59

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland489
2Gwynedd Wales156
3Argyll and Bute Scotland120
4Cumbria England102
5Ceredigion Wales88
6Powys Wales61
7Carmarthenshire Wales59
8Perth and Kinross Scotland57
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland57
10Conwy Wales51
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland48
12Scottish Borders Scotland33
13Pembrokeshire Wales31
14Stirling Scotland30
15Worcestershire England25
203 England1,062 Scotland472 Wales30 Northern Ireland

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
1,769
Peak month
July
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Fissidens osmundoides
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,910
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Fissidentaceae
Genus
Fissidens
Name with authority
Fissidens osmundoides Hedw.
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q49427092 · GBIF 5283206