Bernice Puahi Bishop Museum · CC BY-NC · GBIF · full resolution
Fissidens
pocket mosses
As recorded: Fissidens Hedw.
Plantae › Bryophyta › Bryopsida › Dicranales › Fissidentaceae
- Collected by
- Smith, D.R.
- Collector number
- 2019
- Date
- October 26, 1970
- Locality
- Highest peak
- Island
- Yap
- Region
- Micronesia
- Elevation
- 198 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 26, 1970, Smith, D.R. also collected 22 other specimens.
Fissidens observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1970. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4,466 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-26.

2026-10-26
West Lafayette
(c) Christopher Ray, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES-CN, ES
(c) Christophe, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-25
Kapiti Coast District, Wellington Region, New Zealand
(c) Joe Dillon, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-24
Rosenheim, DE-BY, DE
(c) Dominik Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
Great Barrier Island / Aotea 0991, New Zealand
(c) campbellnotjames, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23
Derbyshire, England, GB
(c) Daniel Buczkiewicz, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Fissidens. BISH 793497. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956414163. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/793497.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956414163 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
