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River Feather-moss

Brachythecium rivulare

11,799Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
113Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan622
Feb846
Mar1,472
Apr1,483
May1,036
Jun1,219
Jul1,243
Aug963
Sep795
Oct590
Nov586
Dec534

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales587
2Highland Scotland513
3Carmarthenshire Wales507
4Ceredigion Wales494
5Pembrokeshire Wales459
6Worcestershire England400
7Gwynedd Wales383
8North Yorkshire England361
9Cumbria England345
10Somerset England289
11Scottish Borders Scotland249
12Cornwall England248
13Devon England245
14Gloucestershire England229
15Suffolk England184
5,394 England2,062 Scotland3,757 Wales577 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 113 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,799
Peak month
April
Counties with records
113
Scientific name
Brachythecium rivulare
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,171
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Brachythecium
Name with authority
Brachythecium rivulare Schimp.
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q798047 · GBIF 2679967