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Short-beaked Wood-moss

Loeskeobryum brevirostre

1,819Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan96
Feb155
Mar162
Apr195
May182
Jun185
Jul206
Aug116
Sep128
Oct134
Nov108
Dec101

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland598
2Argyll and Bute Scotland195
3Gwynedd Wales136
4Cumbria England119
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland62
6Devon England49
7North Yorkshire England44
8Carmarthenshire Wales43
9Powys Wales40
10Pembrokeshire Wales34
11Conwy Wales31
12Ceredigion Wales29
13Somerset England27
14Cornwall England23
15Stirling Scotland20
396 England986 Scotland357 Wales78 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,819
Peak month
July
Counties with records
43
Scientific name
Loeskeobryum brevirostre
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,059
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Hylocomiaceae
Genus
Loeskeobryum
Name with authority
Loeskeobryum brevirostre (Brid.) M.Fleisch.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q9265338 · GBIF 2679701