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Bitter Scalewort

Porella arboris-vitae

596Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan38
Feb57
Mar81
Apr69
May59
Jun40
Jul66
Aug37
Sep33
Oct31
Nov28
Dec38

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland84
2Cumbria England67
3Gwynedd Wales64
4Argyll and Bute Scotland31
5Somerset England26
6Powys Wales26
7Conwy Wales25
8Monmouthshire Wales24
9North Yorkshire England18
10Gloucestershire England16
11Perth and Kinross Scotland16
12Carmarthenshire Wales16
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland16
14Ceredigion Wales14
15Denbighshire Wales14
184 England188 Scotland188 Wales33 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
596
Peak month
March
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Porella arboris-vitae
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
618
Most recorded in
Highland, Cumbria, Gwynedd
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Porellales
Family
Porellaceae
Genus
Porella
Name with authority
Porella arboris-vitae (With.) Grolle
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3398166 · GBIF 5836724