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River Pocket-moss

Fissidens rivularis

167Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb25
Mar28
Apr21
May6
Jun5
Jul4
Aug15
Sep11
Oct15
Nov10
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales17
2Somerset England16
3Monmouthshire Wales16
4Devon England14
5Cornwall England8
6Gloucestershire England8
7Carmarthenshire Wales7
8Herefordshire, County of England5
9Worcestershire England3
10Gwynedd Wales3
11Falkirk Scotland3
12Argyll and Bute Scotland2
13Dorset England1
14North Yorkshire England1
15Ceredigion Wales1
114 England5 Scotland48 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
167
Peak month
March
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Fissidens rivularis
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
175
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Fissidentaceae
Genus
Fissidens
Name with authority
Fissidens rivularis (Spruce) Schimp.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17207424 · GBIF 5283119