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Red Beard-moss

Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum

5,799Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
115Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan482
Feb532
Mar726
Apr533
May356
Jun390
Jul422
Aug365
Sep436
Oct508
Nov502
Dec460

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England192
2Highland Scotland185
3Carmarthenshire Wales176
4Cambridgeshire England173
5Gwynedd Wales172
6Powys Wales172
7Somerset England152
8Cumbria England146
9City of Edinburgh Scotland139
10Worcestershire England132
11Ceredigion Wales120
12Cornwall England117
13Gloucestershire England117
14Devon England116
15Suffolk England111
3,348 England973 Scotland1,345 Wales129 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 115 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,799
Peak month
March
Counties with records
115
Scientific name
Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,038
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Bryoerythrophyllum
Name with authority
Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum (Hedw.) P.C.Chen
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15246399 · GBIF 2670498