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Whitish Feather-moss

Brachythecium albicans

6,743Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
106Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan807
Feb769
Mar1,005
Apr671
May419
Jun362
Jul295
Aug309
Sep290
Oct432
Nov668
Dec622

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England772
2Norfolk England592
3Cambridgeshire England571
4Essex England175
5Sefton England168
6Lincolnshire England163
7Swansea Wales146
8Kent England145
9Worcestershire England128
10Pembrokeshire Wales123
11Surrey England119
12Northamptonshire England112
13Nottinghamshire England104
14Carmarthenshire Wales90
15Cornwall England88
5,398 England399 Scotland932 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 106 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,743
Peak month
March
Counties with records
106
Scientific name
Brachythecium albicans
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,814
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Brachythecium
Name with authority
Brachythecium albicans (Hedw.) Schimp.
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2557172 · GBIF 2679866