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Alpine Thread-moss

Imbribryum alpinum

2,292Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan54
Feb76
Mar172
Apr198
May153
Jun294
Jul352
Aug257
Sep307
Oct212
Nov119
Dec61

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales403
2Highland Scotland322
3Conwy Wales235
4Ceredigion Wales141
5Cumbria England110
6Powys Wales90
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland77
8Argyll and Bute Scotland73
9Carmarthenshire Wales73
10Pembrokeshire Wales68
11Cornwall England51
12Devon England51
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland40
14Isle of Anglesey Wales27
15Worcestershire England24
297 England853 Scotland1,103 Wales37 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,292
Peak month
July
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Imbribryum alpinum
Group
Mosses
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bryales
Family
Bryaceae
Genus
Imbribryum
Name with authority
Imbribryum alpinum (Huds. ex With.) N.Pedersen
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15344809 · GBIF 8285962