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Small-mouthed Beardless-moss

Weissia brachycarpa

1,253Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
75Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan134
Feb193
Mar244
Apr183
May97
Jun67
Jul68
Aug39
Sep29
Oct38
Nov55
Dec86

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England85
2Swansea Wales82
3Cornwall England62
4Gloucestershire England57
5Cambridgeshire England43
6Dorset England43
7Highland Scotland42
8Pembrokeshire Wales41
9Surrey England38
10North Yorkshire England35
11Kent England25
12Carmarthenshire Wales24
13Ceredigion Wales22
14Somerset England17
15Lincolnshire England16
807 England159 Scotland265 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,253
Peak month
March
Counties with records
75
Scientific name
Weissia brachycarpa
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
158
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Weissia
Name with authority
Weissia brachycarpa (Nees & Hornsch.) Jur.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15332967 · GBIF 5280861