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Pale Thread-moss

Ptychostomum pallens

2,091Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
76Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan59
Feb51
Mar187
Apr367
May257
Jun313
Jul315
Aug136
Sep151
Oct87
Nov50
Dec43

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland269
2North Yorkshire England161
3Perth and Kinross Scotland88
4Ceredigion Wales84
5Powys Wales71
6Worcestershire England70
7Cumbria England63
8Argyll and Bute Scotland55
9Carmarthenshire Wales50
10Gwynedd Wales45
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland42
12Cornwall England40
13Scottish Borders Scotland36
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland32
15Aberdeenshire Scotland32
796 England764 Scotland443 Wales82 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,091
Peak month
April
Counties with records
76
Scientific name
Ptychostomum pallens
Group
Mosses
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bryales
Family
Bryaceae
Genus
Ptychostomum
Name with authority
Ptychostomum pallens (Sw.) J.R.Spence
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17282465 · GBIF 7657717