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Woolly Feather-moss

Tomentypnum nitens

219Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb7
Mar3
Apr12
May7
Jun11
Jul23
Aug18
Sep24
Oct105
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Scottish Borders Scotland107
2Aberdeenshire Scotland19
3Highland Scotland15
4Gwynedd Wales9
5Perth and Kinross Scotland9
6Cumbria England7
7Pembrokeshire Wales6
8Ceredigion Wales4
9Powys Wales3
10Fife Scotland3
11South Lanarkshire Scotland3
12Cambridgeshire England2
13North Yorkshire England2
14Conwy Wales2
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
27 England168 Scotland24 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
219
Peak month
October
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Tomentypnum nitens
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
220
Most recorded in
Scottish Borders
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Amblystegiaceae
Genus
Tomentypnum
Name with authority
Tomentypnum nitens (Hedw.) Loeske

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4354537 · GBIF 2680053