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Shining Hookeria

Hookeria lucens

4,753Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan295
Feb395
Mar612
Apr656
May423
Jun389
Jul452
Aug297
Sep265
Oct315
Nov307
Dec272

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland530
2Cornwall England391
3Pembrokeshire Wales301
4Gwynedd Wales299
5Carmarthenshire Wales230
6Devon England221
7Argyll and Bute Scotland209
8Cumbria England179
9Ceredigion Wales179
10Conwy Wales135
11Powys Wales126
12Somerset England86
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland74
14North Yorkshire England63
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland62
1,725 England1,311 Scotland1,601 Wales110 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,753
Peak month
April
Counties with records
77
Scientific name
Hookeria lucens
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,959
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hookeriales
Family
Hookeriaceae
Genus
Hookeria
Name with authority
Hookeria lucens (Hedw.) Sm.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q292349 · GBIF 5280020