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Dotted Thyme-moss

Rhizomnium punctatum

11,029Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
116Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan566
Feb794
Mar1,333
Apr1,489
May1,160
Jun1,065
Jul1,133
Aug733
Sep716
Oct655
Nov628
Dec529

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland946
2Carmarthenshire Wales434
3Powys Wales381
4Cumbria England376
5North Yorkshire England369
6Pembrokeshire Wales326
7Gwynedd Wales317
8Ceredigion Wales282
9Devon England255
10Argyll and Bute Scotland245
11Worcestershire England231
12Cornwall England220
13Scottish Borders Scotland202
14Norfolk England198
15Perth and Kinross Scotland191
5,574 England2,725 Scotland2,563 Wales158 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 116 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,029
Peak month
April
Counties with records
116
Scientific name
Rhizomnium punctatum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,349
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bryales
Family
Mniaceae
Genus
Rhizomnium
Name with authority
Rhizomnium punctatum (Hedw.) T.J.Kop.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8006324