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Elegant Bristle-moss

Orthotrichum pulchellum

9,067Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan817
Feb1,232
Mar1,818
Apr1,478
May922
Jun583
Jul430
Aug324
Sep259
Oct364
Nov351
Dec394

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England576
2Carmarthenshire Wales289
3Somerset England267
4North Yorkshire England261
5Suffolk England246
6Cornwall England227
7Cambridgeshire England214
8Gloucestershire England172
9Devon England168
10Monmouthshire Wales160
11Cumbria England158
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland150
13Cheshire East England149
14Ceredigion Wales145
15Pembrokeshire Wales143
6,000 England1,230 Scotland1,669 Wales163 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
9,067
Peak month
March
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Orthotrichum pulchellum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,254
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthotrichales
Family
Orthotrichaceae
Genus
Orthotrichum
Name with authority
Orthotrichum pulchellum Brunt.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15059992 · GBIF 2672648