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Swartz's Feather-moss

Oxyrrhynchium hians

15,831Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
121Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,660
Feb1,624
Mar2,294
Apr1,758
May1,091
Jun761
Jul743
Aug678
Sep873
Oct1,270
Nov1,479
Dec1,449

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,369
2Suffolk England947
3Norfolk England469
4Somerset England456
5Carmarthenshire Wales443
6Pembrokeshire Wales423
7Gloucestershire England411
8Northamptonshire England378
9Cornwall England359
10Ceredigion Wales353
11Monmouthshire Wales353
12North Yorkshire England291
13Swansea Wales290
14Kent England266
15Highland Scotland260
11,028 England1,590 Scotland2,968 Wales236 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 121 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
15,831
Peak month
March
Counties with records
121
Scientific name
Oxyrrhynchium hians
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
16,409
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Oxyrrhynchium
Name with authority
Oxyrrhynchium hians (Hedw.) Loeske
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1738705 · GBIF 4279461