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Common Frillwort

Fossombronia pusilla

1,052Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
75Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan125
Feb121
Mar124
Apr73
May47
Jun39
Jul38
Aug51
Sep80
Oct109
Nov106
Dec104

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales96
2Carmarthenshire Wales91
3Cornwall England86
4Ceredigion Wales76
5Monmouthshire Wales48
6Powys Wales31
7Devon England29
8Somerset England25
9Norfolk England24
10Scottish Borders Scotland23
11Gwynedd Wales22
12Surrey England17
13Worcestershire England16
14Kent England14
15Warrington England14
501 England93 Scotland423 Wales32 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,052
Peak month
January
Counties with records
75
Scientific name
Fossombronia pusilla
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,166
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Fossombroniales
Family
Fossombroniaceae
Genus
Fossombronia
Name with authority
Fossombronia pusilla (L.) Nees
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17296249 · GBIF 2688723