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Tall Thyme-moss

Plagiomnium elatum

976Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb31
Mar102
Apr207
May111
Jun123
Jul146
Aug62
Sep63
Oct40
Nov17
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland78
2North Yorkshire England68
3Worcestershire England68
4Cambridgeshire England67
5Scottish Borders Scotland59
6Powys Wales57
7Norfolk England46
8Cumbria England40
9Perth and Kinross Scotland39
10Isle of Anglesey Wales39
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland30
12Gwynedd Wales22
13Suffolk England20
14Argyll and Bute Scotland19
15Carmarthenshire Wales17
437 England331 Scotland190 Wales18 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
976
Peak month
April
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Plagiomnium elatum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,067
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bryales
Family
Mniaceae
Genus
Plagiomnium
Name with authority
Plagiomnium elatum (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J.Kop.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8024080