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Cladonia polydactyla

1,794Records since 2000
MayPeak month
66Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan104
Feb125
Mar155
Apr176
May217
Jun167
Jul130
Aug114
Sep150
Oct139
Nov129
Dec91

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland350
2Argyll and Bute Scotland97
3Devon England78
4Perth and Kinross Scotland75
5Somerset England60
6Cumbria England51
7Gwynedd Wales42
8Cornwall England40
9Scottish Borders Scotland39
10Dorset England36
11East Lothian Scotland36
12Aberdeenshire Scotland35
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland30
14Stirling Scotland29
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland26
790 England844 Scotland103 Wales42 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,794
Peak month
May
Counties with records
66
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
136
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Cladoniaceae
Genus
Cladonia
Name with authority
Cladonia polydactyla (Flörke) Spreng.
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10907622