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Rough-stalked Feather-moss

Brachythecium rutabulum

41,342Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
126Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3,969
Feb4,098
Mar5,504
Apr4,370
May3,335
Jun2,829
Jul2,535
Aug2,436
Sep2,378
Oct2,849
Nov3,352
Dec3,023

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England2,786
2Cambridgeshire England2,684
3Suffolk England2,056
4Pembrokeshire Wales1,406
5Carmarthenshire Wales1,016
6North Yorkshire England919
7Somerset England859
8Cornwall England790
9Worcestershire England783
10Northamptonshire England778
11Kent England718
12Swansea Wales706
13Ceredigion Wales697
14Gloucestershire England680
15Lincolnshire England610
30,194 England3,418 Scotland7,264 Wales456 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
41,342
Peak month
March
Counties with records
126
Scientific name
Brachythecium rutabulum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
42,285
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Brachythecium
Name with authority
Brachythecium rutabulum (Hedw.) Schimp.
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1404902 · GBIF 2679898