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Starry Thyme-moss

Mnium stellare

1,204Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan76
Feb138
Mar188
Apr247
May127
Jun74
Jul72
Aug36
Sep46
Oct49
Nov44
Dec65

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Monmouthshire Wales88
2Powys Wales86
3North Yorkshire England84
4Carmarthenshire Wales67
5Cumbria England61
6Worcestershire England50
7Gloucestershire England42
8Highland Scotland39
9Somerset England29
10Herefordshire, County of England26
11Gwynedd Wales16
12Scottish Borders Scotland16
13Swansea Wales16
14City of Edinburgh Scotland15
15Argyll and Bute Scotland15
584 England213 Scotland386 Wales21 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,204
Peak month
April
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Mnium stellare
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,199
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bryales
Family
Mniaceae
Genus
Mnium
Name with authority
Mnium stellare Hedw.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1941272 · GBIF 5282686