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Dented Silk-moss

Plagiothecium denticulatum

2,324Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan170
Feb212
Mar257
Apr279
May168
Jun177
Jul214
Aug163
Sep141
Oct176
Nov157
Dec139

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales121
2Cumbria England113
3Highland Scotland108
4Pembrokeshire Wales81
5Ceredigion Wales75
6Carmarthenshire Wales69
7Scottish Borders Scotland67
8Suffolk England63
9Powys Wales63
10Conwy Wales63
11Cornwall England58
12Worcestershire England56
13Perth and Kinross Scotland45
14North Yorkshire England43
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland42
1,267 England474 Scotland562 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,324
Peak month
April
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Plagiothecium denticulatum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
975
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Plagiotheciaceae
Genus
Plagiothecium
Name with authority
Plagiothecium denticulatum (Hedw.) Schimp.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2097960 · GBIF 5283478