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Woodsy Silk-moss

Plagiothecium nemorale

3,549Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
85Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan330
Feb454
Mar613
Apr470
May274
Jun165
Jul139
Aug114
Sep138
Oct238
Nov285
Dec286

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England325
2Norfolk England230
3Cornwall England208
4Cambridgeshire England180
5Kent England127
6Gloucestershire England115
7Northamptonshire England106
8Devon England89
9Ceredigion Wales86
10Essex England82
11Worcestershire England76
12Cumbria England75
13Pembrokeshire Wales71
14Oxfordshire England70
15Gwynedd Wales62
2,883 England125 Scotland506 Wales31 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 85 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,549
Peak month
March
Counties with records
85
Scientific name
Plagiothecium nemorale
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,639
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Plagiotheciaceae
Genus
Plagiothecium
Name with authority
Plagiothecium nemorale (Mitt.) A.Jaeger
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10929037 · GBIF 5283457