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Cartilage Lichen

Ramalina fraxinea

951Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan102
Feb117
Mar103
Apr86
May83
Jun67
Jul59
Aug57
Sep38
Oct55
Nov80
Dec72

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland385
2Moray Scotland73
3Devon England64
4Aberdeenshire Scotland31
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland19
6Gloucestershire England16
7Perth and Kinross Scotland16
8Argyll and Bute Scotland14
9Cornwall England13
10Dorset England11
11North Yorkshire England10
12Aberdeen City Scotland8
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland8
14South Lanarkshire Scotland8
15Cumbria England7
282 England584 Scotland28 Wales43 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
951
Peak month
February
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Ramalina fraxinea
Also known as
a Lichen
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
250
Most recorded in
Highland, Moray, Devon
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Ramalinaceae
Genus
Ramalina
Name with authority
Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach.
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q309630 · GBIF 2608090