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Spreading Earth Moss

Physcomitrium patens

614Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
52Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb4
Mar0
Apr1
May2
Jun17
Jul58
Aug110
Sep139
Oct175
Nov73
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England70
2Cornwall England22
3Devon England21
4Somerset England21
5Bath and North East Somerset England20
6Carmarthenshire Wales20
7Bristol, City of England20
8Northamptonshire England19
9Monmouthshire Wales19
10Norfolk England16
11Suffolk England16
12Pembrokeshire Wales15
13North Yorkshire England10
14Worcestershire England10
15Powys Wales9
500 England25 Scotland82 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 52 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
614
Peak month
October
Counties with records
52
Scientific name
Physcomitrium patens
Also known as
Spreading Earth-moss
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
644
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Funariales
Family
Funariaceae
Genus
Physcomitrium
Name with authority
Physcomitrium patens (Hedw.) Mitt.
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17202392 · GBIF 8179907