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Tender Feather-moss

Rhynchostegiella tenella

5,821Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
87Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan645
Feb650
Mar862
Apr588
May420
Jun289
Jul248
Aug298
Sep312
Oct453
Nov510
Dec489

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales350
2Somerset England346
3Gloucestershire England291
4Carmarthenshire Wales275
5Devon England263
6Suffolk England247
7Cornwall England243
8Norfolk England239
9Swansea Wales203
10Cambridgeshire England180
11Monmouthshire Wales172
12Ceredigion Wales170
13Bath and North East Somerset England141
14Bristol, City of England133
15Worcestershire England109
3,768 England180 Scotland1,747 Wales116 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,821
Peak month
March
Counties with records
87
Scientific name
Rhynchostegiella tenella
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,276
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Rhynchostegiella
Name with authority
Rhynchostegiella tenella (Dicks.) Limpr.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15567030 · GBIF 2679769