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Common Crystalwort

Riccia sorocarpa

2,153Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
92Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan204
Feb244
Mar233
Apr106
May49
Jun47
Jul103
Aug147
Sep209
Oct274
Nov285
Dec228

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England277
2Cornwall England122
3Pembrokeshire Wales108
4Suffolk England100
5Swansea Wales72
6Somerset England61
7Aberdeenshire Scotland46
8Worcestershire England44
9Monmouthshire Wales43
10Scottish Borders Scotland40
11North Yorkshire England39
12Powys Wales38
13Highland Scotland32
14Carmarthenshire Wales32
15Ceredigion Wales29
1,403 England311 Scotland403 Wales33 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,153
Peak month
November
Counties with records
92
Scientific name
Riccia sorocarpa
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,191
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Marchantiopsida
Order
Marchantiales
Family
Ricciaceae
Genus
Riccia
Name with authority
Riccia sorocarpa Bisch.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2334368 · GBIF 5286296