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Slender Bristle-moss

Orthotrichum tenellum

2,581Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
84Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan310
Feb386
Mar385
Apr326
May240
Jun156
Jul104
Aug103
Sep82
Oct115
Nov167
Dec184

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England196
2Carmarthenshire Wales171
3Pembrokeshire Wales153
4Monmouthshire Wales137
5Gloucestershire England94
6Swansea Wales71
7Cambridgeshire England61
8Essex England58
9Ceredigion Wales53
10Powys Wales47
11Bristol, City of England47
12Bath and North East Somerset England45
13Devon England38
14Gwynedd Wales33
15Suffolk England30
1,587 England105 Scotland867 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 84 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,581
Peak month
February
Counties with records
84
Scientific name
Orthotrichum tenellum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,666
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthotrichales
Family
Orthotrichaceae
Genus
Orthotrichum
Name with authority
Orthotrichum tenellum Bruch ex Brid.
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15345692 · GBIF 2672641