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Golden Thread-moss

Leptobryum pyriforme

1,117Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
91Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan88
Feb87
Mar85
Apr87
May73
Jun60
Jul63
Aug61
Sep106
Oct185
Nov124
Dec79

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England149
2Suffolk England118
3Norfolk England95
4Essex England26
5Worcestershire England26
6Devon England21
7Lincolnshire England21
8Highland Scotland18
9Cornwall England18
10City of Edinburgh Scotland18
11Doncaster England16
12Northamptonshire England15
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland14
14Aberdeenshire Scotland14
15Warrington England14
911 England121 Scotland65 Wales19 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,117
Peak month
October
Counties with records
91
Scientific name
Leptobryum pyriforme
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,153
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Splachnales
Family
Meesiaceae
Genus
Leptobryum
Name with authority
Leptobryum pyriforme (Hedw.) Wilson
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15251442 · GBIF 2677444