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Yellow Thread-moss

Pohlia lutescens

500Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
45Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan42
Feb29
Mar27
Apr22
May40
Jun22
Jul26
Aug49
Sep67
Oct54
Nov70
Dec49

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales132
2Carmarthenshire Wales51
3Pembrokeshire Wales45
4Devon England26
5Cornwall England20
6Monmouthshire Wales16
7Suffolk England14
8Powys Wales10
9Essex England8
10Gloucestershire England7
11Gwynedd Wales7
12Herefordshire, County of England7
13Kent England6
14Surrey England6
15Cheshire East England6
199 England20 Scotland274 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
500
Peak month
November
Counties with records
45
Scientific name
Pohlia lutescens
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
517
Most recorded in
Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bryales
Family
Mniaceae
Genus
Pohlia
Name with authority
Pohlia lutescens (Limpr.) H.Lindb.
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17281667 · GBIF 5282547