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Velvet Feather-moss

Brachytheciastrum velutinum

2,430Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
87Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan293
Feb332
Mar383
Apr259
May129
Jun107
Jul88
Aug75
Sep123
Oct160
Nov201
Dec201

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England128
2Cambridgeshire England126
3Kent England92
4Carmarthenshire Wales83
5Monmouthshire Wales76
6Suffolk England73
7Oxfordshire England61
8Northamptonshire England58
9Cumbria England57
10Gloucestershire England56
11Essex England52
12Norfolk England51
13North Yorkshire England51
14Surrey England48
15Powys Wales42
1,869 England151 Scotland410 Wales

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
2,430
Peak month
March
Counties with records
87
Scientific name
Brachytheciastrum velutinum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,481
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Brachytheciastrum
Name with authority
Brachytheciastrum velutinum (Hedw.) Ignatov & Huttunen
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2217763 · GBIF 8339930