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Smaller White-moss

Leucobryum juniperoideum

1,041Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan83
Feb93
Mar109
Apr76
May52
Jun62
Jul72
Aug70
Sep74
Oct90
Nov77
Dec86

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales324
2Devon England75
3Cumbria England61
4Ceredigion Wales59
5Essex England46
6Powys Wales31
7Conwy Wales30
8Monmouthshire Wales29
9Gloucestershire England28
10Cornwall England22
11Somerset England20
12Pembrokeshire Wales19
13Carmarthenshire Wales15
14Kent England12
15Dorset England11
471 England25 Scotland537 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,041
Peak month
March
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Leucobryum juniperoideum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,131
Most recorded in
Gwynedd, Devon, Cumbria, Ceredigion
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Leucobryaceae
Genus
Leucobryum
Name with authority
Leucobryum juniperoideum (Brid.) Müll.Hal.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11063497 · GBIF 2675646