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Rusty Beard-moss

Geheebia ferruginea

539Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
45Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan53
Feb57
Mar55
Apr49
May26
Jun35
Jul44
Aug31
Sep34
Oct48
Nov48
Dec48

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England35
2Worcestershire England30
3Highland Scotland29
4Cumbria England28
5Carmarthenshire Wales26
6Powys Wales20
7North Yorkshire England19
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland19
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland19
10Perth and Kinross Scotland14
11Pembrokeshire Wales13
12Isle of Anglesey Wales9
13Denbighshire Wales8
14Cornwall England7
15Somerset England7
210 England106 Scotland188 Wales35 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
539
Peak month
February
Counties with records
45
Scientific name
Geheebia ferruginea
Group
Mosses
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Geheebia
Name with authority
Geheebia ferruginea (Schimp. ex Besch.) R.H.Zander
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 12192668