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Scarce turf-moss

Rhytidiadelphus subpinnatus

111Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb7
Mar15
Apr21
May7
Jun2
Jul2
Aug20
Sep5
Oct3
Nov9
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales36
2Carmarthenshire Wales24
3Cumbria England14
4Pembrokeshire Wales10
5Falkirk Scotland7
6Gwynedd Wales6
7Argyll and Bute Scotland2
8Highland Scotland1
9North Yorkshire England1
17 England12 Scotland82 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
111
Peak month
April
Counties with records
9
Scientific name
Rhytidiadelphus subpinnatus
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
108
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Hylocomiaceae
Genus
Rhytidiadelphus
Name with authority
Rhytidiadelphus subpinnatus (Lindb.) T.J.Kop.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7871586