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Alternateleaf archidium moss

Archidium alternifolium

1,695Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
68Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan93
Feb85
Mar117
Apr118
May57
Jun65
Jul156
Aug143
Sep277
Oct305
Nov150
Dec114

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales142
2Cornwall England132
3Gwynedd Wales86
4Powys Wales74
5Ceredigion Wales74
6Carmarthenshire Wales72
7Highland Scotland69
8Conwy Wales55
9Devon England52
10Swansea Wales42
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland37
12Cumbria England27
13Dorset England26
14Argyll and Bute Scotland26
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland22
641 England322 Scotland711 Wales21 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,695
Peak month
October
Counties with records
68
Scientific name
Archidium alternifolium
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,758
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Archidiales
Family
Archidiaceae
Genus
Archidium
Name with authority
Archidium alternifolium (Dicks. ex Hedw.) Schimp.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8182643