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Short-leaved Pocket-moss

Fissidens incurvus

2,614Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan436
Feb440
Mar541
Apr240
May91
Jun23
Jul15
Aug26
Sep37
Oct82
Nov269
Dec393

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England469
2Suffolk England259
3Somerset England127
4Northamptonshire England122
5Monmouthshire Wales107
6Pembrokeshire Wales99
7Swansea Wales76
8Norfolk England68
9Essex England65
10Lincolnshire England64
11Gloucestershire England62
12Bristol, City of England52
13Worcestershire England40
14Dorset England39
15Kent England38
2,150 England12 Scotland449 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,614
Peak month
March
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Fissidens incurvus
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,643
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Fissidentaceae
Genus
Fissidens
Name with authority
Fissidens incurvus Starke ex Röhl.
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8133697