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White-tipped Bristle-moss

Orthotrichum diaphanum

18,107Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
122Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2,109
Feb2,126
Mar2,654
Apr1,913
May1,292
Jun815
Jul686
Aug717
Sep879
Oct1,347
Nov1,774
Dec1,621

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,932
2Norfolk England1,648
3Suffolk England1,617
4Northamptonshire England528
5North Yorkshire England409
6Kent England378
7Lincolnshire England366
8Essex England358
9Somerset England341
10Gloucestershire England315
11Monmouthshire Wales267
12Pembrokeshire Wales252
13Worcestershire England246
14Nottinghamshire England237
15Cornwall England235
15,617 England802 Scotland1,538 Wales144 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
18,107
Peak month
March
Counties with records
122
Scientific name
Orthotrichum diaphanum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
18,202
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthotrichales
Family
Orthotrichaceae
Genus
Orthotrichum
Name with authority
Orthotrichum diaphanum Schrad. ex Brid.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2031977 · GBIF 2672680