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Yellowish Fork-moss

Dichodontium flavescens

663Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan26
Feb40
Mar41
Apr81
May65
Jun62
Jul98
Aug66
Sep64
Oct51
Nov34
Dec26

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland204
2Argyll and Bute Scotland95
3Gwynedd Wales36
4North Yorkshire England35
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland31
6Scottish Borders Scotland27
7Powys Wales26
8Perth and Kinross Scotland25
9Stirling Scotland23
10Carmarthenshire Wales13
11Ceredigion Wales12
12Cumbria England10
13North Ayrshire Scotland9
14Monmouthshire Wales7
15Angus Scotland7
69 England476 Scotland111 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
663
Peak month
July
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Dichodontium flavescens
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
694
Most recorded in
Highland, Argyll and Bute
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Dicranales
Family
Aongstroemiaceae
Genus
Dichodontium
Name with authority
Dichodontium flavescens (Dicks.) Lindb.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17464885 · GBIF 2675401