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Rock Pocket-moss

Fissidens dubius

6,047Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
97Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan490
Feb559
Mar692
Apr641
May461
Jun522
Jul563
Aug378
Sep382
Oct464
Nov382
Dec416

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland643
2North Yorkshire England386
3Gwynedd Wales332
4Powys Wales292
5Cumbria England259
6Gloucestershire England189
7Swansea Wales185
8Argyll and Bute Scotland183
9Ceredigion Wales168
10Carmarthenshire Wales160
11Conwy Wales150
12Somerset England143
13Worcestershire England119
14Pembrokeshire Wales119
15Perth and Kinross Scotland108
2,475 England1,680 Scotland1,710 Wales174 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 97 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,047
Peak month
March
Counties with records
97
Scientific name
Fissidens dubius
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,433
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Fissidentaceae
Genus
Fissidens
Name with authority
Fissidens dubius P.Beauv.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1723115 · GBIF 5283321