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Wall Feather-moss

Rhynchostegium murale

1,516Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
76Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan165
Feb178
Mar202
Apr171
May129
Jun90
Jul59
Aug62
Sep67
Oct101
Nov134
Dec130

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England88
2Gloucestershire England74
3Cambridgeshire England71
4Worcestershire England51
5Somerset England50
6Carmarthenshire Wales49
7Suffolk England45
8Northamptonshire England41
9Monmouthshire Wales39
10Ceredigion Wales33
11Norfolk England30
12Lincolnshire England27
13Cumbria England24
14Pembrokeshire Wales23
15Doncaster England22
1,224 England70 Scotland215 Wales7 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
1,516
Peak month
March
Counties with records
76
Scientific name
Rhynchostegium murale
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,522
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Rhynchostegium
Name with authority
Rhynchostegium murale (Hedw.) Schimp.
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2148336 · GBIF 2680190