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Straw Bristle-moss

Orthotrichum stramineum

3,148Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
90Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan266
Feb372
Mar576
Apr575
May350
Jun251
Jul192
Aug68
Sep90
Oct88
Nov122
Dec138

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England167
2Powys Wales142
3Carmarthenshire Wales138
4Monmouthshire Wales125
5Worcestershire England116
6Scottish Borders Scotland113
7North Yorkshire England89
8Cumbria England89
9Highland Scotland81
10Cambridgeshire England79
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland70
12Herefordshire, County of England58
13Ceredigion Wales54
14Aberdeenshire Scotland52
15Essex England51
1,791 England635 Scotland722 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 90 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,148
Peak month
March
Counties with records
90
Scientific name
Orthotrichum stramineum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,127
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthotrichales
Family
Orthotrichaceae
Genus
Orthotrichum
Name with authority
Orthotrichum stramineum Hornsch. ex Brid.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8234277