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Slender Pocket-moss

Fissidens exilis

702Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan102
Feb112
Mar127
Apr58
May15
Jun8
Jul5
Aug5
Sep17
Oct58
Nov93
Dec90

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England48
2Cambridgeshire England46
3Northamptonshire England32
4Gloucestershire England28
5Monmouthshire Wales28
6Worcestershire England24
7Somerset England24
8Ceredigion Wales24
9Carmarthenshire Wales23
10Essex England20
11Cornwall England19
12Pembrokeshire Wales18
13Lincolnshire England16
14Nottinghamshire England16
15Norfolk England13
534 England26 Scotland142 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
702
Peak month
March
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Fissidens exilis
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
690
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Fissidentaceae
Genus
Fissidens
Name with authority
Fissidens exilis Hedw.
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17204734 · GBIF 5283214