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Anomalous Bristle-moss

Orthotrichum anomalum

8,502Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,013
Feb957
Mar1,200
Apr970
May678
Jun490
Jul418
Aug359
Sep380
Oct492
Nov682
Dec777

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England678
2Cambridgeshire England512
3Suffolk England379
4Somerset England255
5Carmarthenshire Wales246
6North Yorkshire England232
7City of Edinburgh Scotland221
8Gloucestershire England200
9Pembrokeshire Wales199
10Northamptonshire England182
11Cumbria England174
12Highland Scotland159
13Devon England143
14Ceredigion Wales137
15Lincolnshire England127
5,838 England987 Scotland1,479 Wales193 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,502
Peak month
March
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Orthotrichum anomalum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,988
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthotrichales
Family
Orthotrichaceae
Genus
Orthotrichum
Name with authority
Orthotrichum anomalum Hedw.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q31269 · GBIF 2672754