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Taper-leaved Earth-moss

Pleuridium acuminatum

1,611Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
76Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan175
Feb270
Mar360
Apr250
May78
Jun76
Jul60
Aug39
Sep56
Oct65
Nov62
Dec88

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales108
2Ceredigion Wales97
3Powys Wales95
4Cornwall England93
5Carmarthenshire Wales85
6Kent England68
7Worcestershire England60
8Somerset England50
9Monmouthshire Wales49
10Norfolk England46
11Devon England36
12Herefordshire, County of England32
13Essex England31
14Gwynedd Wales31
15Conwy Wales24
908 England121 Scotland571 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,611
Peak month
March
Counties with records
76
Scientific name
Pleuridium acuminatum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,702
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Ditrichaceae
Genus
Pleuridium
Name with authority
Pleuridium acuminatum Lindb.
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17203071 · GBIF 2675875