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Lead-moss

Ditrichum plumbicola

231Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
9Counties with records
EndangeredIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan46
Feb4
Mar9
Apr17
May11
Jun10
Jul12
Aug7
Sep39
Oct70
Nov2
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales75
2Conwy Wales73
3Cornwall England33
4Carmarthenshire Wales18
5Stirling Scotland12
6North Yorkshire England10
7Somerset England5
8South Lanarkshire Scotland2
9Cumbria England1
51 England14 Scotland166 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
231
Peak month
October
Counties with records
9
IUCN Red List
Endangered
Scientific name
Ditrichum plumbicola
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
246
Most recorded in
Ceredigion, Conwy
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Ditrichaceae
Genus
Ditrichum
Name with authority
Ditrichum plumbicola Crundw.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17203385 · GBIF 5282340