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Showy Feather-moss

Oxyrrhynchium speciosum

671Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan60
Feb51
Mar114
Apr85
May31
Jun43
Jul43
Aug37
Sep31
Oct48
Nov89
Dec34

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England116
2Suffolk England46
3Norfolk England39
4Somerset England31
5Cornwall England29
6Pembrokeshire Wales28
7Lincolnshire England23
8Northamptonshire England16
9Bristol, City of England16
10Nottinghamshire England14
11Swansea Wales13
12Oxfordshire England12
13Herefordshire, County of England11
14Isle of Anglesey Wales11
15Gloucestershire England9
567 England7 Scotland96 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
671
Peak month
March
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Oxyrrhynchium speciosum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
695
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Oxyrrhynchium
Name with authority
Oxyrrhynchium speciosum (Brid.) Warnst.
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15586081 · GBIF 7599899