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Silky Wall Feather-moss

Homalothecium sericeum

19,515Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
119Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,849
Feb2,090
Mar2,724
Apr2,218
May1,520
Jun1,222
Jul1,204
Aug1,058
Sep1,170
Oct1,366
Nov1,464
Dec1,420

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,021
2Norfolk England973
3Suffolk England927
4Somerset England729
5Carmarthenshire Wales661
6North Yorkshire England634
7Pembrokeshire Wales569
8Highland Scotland538
9Devon England476
10Gloucestershire England467
11Cornwall England463
12Powys Wales411
13Northamptonshire England399
14Cumbria England375
15Monmouthshire Wales358
13,363 England2,302 Scotland3,592 Wales247 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 119 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
19,515
Peak month
March
Counties with records
119
Scientific name
Homalothecium sericeum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
20,052
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Homalothecium
Name with authority
Homalothecium sericeum (Hedw.) Schimp.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q150333 · GBIF 2673098