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Chalk Comb-moss

Ctenidium molluscum

10,936Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
99Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan754
Feb887
Mar1,227
Apr1,232
May989
Jun1,039
Jul1,170
Aug810
Sep709
Oct655
Nov623
Dec641

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,280
2North Yorkshire England835
3Cumbria England523
4Powys Wales517
5Gwynedd Wales478
6Conwy Wales321
7Perth and Kinross Scotland283
8Argyll and Bute Scotland281
9Gloucestershire England258
10Carmarthenshire Wales247
11Worcestershire England238
12Somerset England199
13Pembrokeshire Wales191
14Monmouthshire Wales185
15Ceredigion Wales176
4,844 England3,049 Scotland2,832 Wales206 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,936
Peak month
April
Counties with records
99
Scientific name
Ctenidium molluscum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,446
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Myuriaceae
Genus
Ctenidium
Name with authority
Ctenidium molluscum (Hedw.) Mitt.
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2554888 · GBIF 2682534