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Welsh Pocket-moss

Fissidens celticus

684Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
36Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan51
Feb60
Mar61
Apr63
May44
Jun28
Jul35
Aug49
Sep66
Oct68
Nov78
Dec60

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales119
2Ceredigion Wales104
3Pembrokeshire Wales97
4Gwynedd Wales65
5Cornwall England51
6Devon England40
7Powys Wales21
8Somerset England18
9Cumbria England9
10Argyll and Bute Scotland8
11Conwy Wales7
12Highland Scotland5
13Monmouthshire Wales5
14Surrey England4
15Worcestershire England4
194 England25 Scotland457 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
684
Peak month
November
Counties with records
36
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Fissidens celticus
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
715
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Fissidentaceae
Genus
Fissidens
Name with authority
Fissidens celticus Paton
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17207983 · GBIF 5283001