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Cape Thread-moss

Orthodontium lineare

6,160Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
103Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan615
Feb792
Mar1,188
Apr815
May491
Jun244
Jul209
Aug205
Sep251
Oct346
Nov456
Dec440

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England531
2Norfolk England506
3Cambridgeshire England252
4Kent England229
5Worcestershire England171
6Essex England165
7North Yorkshire England129
8Cumbria England123
9Lincolnshire England119
10Gloucestershire England116
11Monmouthshire Wales113
12Powys Wales107
13Nottinghamshire England103
14Somerset England99
15Cheshire East England96
5,244 England428 Scotland477 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 103 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,160
Peak month
March
Counties with records
103
Scientific name
Orthodontium lineare
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,182
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthodontiales
Family
Orthodontiaceae
Genus
Orthodontium
Name with authority
Orthodontium lineare Schwägr.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q988063 · GBIF 2677047