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Slender Ditrichum

Flexitrichum gracile

2,093Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
60Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan179
Feb174
Mar274
Apr231
May146
Jun206
Jul226
Aug123
Sep96
Oct150
Nov121
Dec136

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland235
2North Yorkshire England188
3Cumbria England95
4Gloucestershire England87
5Powys Wales78
6Perth and Kinross Scotland75
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland59
8Somerset England54
9Argyll and Bute Scotland53
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland50
11Carmarthenshire Wales45
12Worcestershire England43
13Monmouthshire Wales37
14Swansea Wales36
15Pembrokeshire Wales31
936 England641 Scotland428 Wales85 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,093
Peak month
March
Counties with records
60
Scientific name
Flexitrichum gracile
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,255
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Scouleriales
Family
Flexitrichaceae
Genus
Flexitrichum
Name with authority
Flexitrichum gracile (Mitt.) Ignatov & Fedosov
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10480089