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Common Glasswort

Salicornia europaea

281Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May11
Jun25
Jul57
Aug51
Sep72
Oct41
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England34
2Essex England24
3Norfolk England16
4Cambridgeshire England15
5Portsmouth England13
6Cumbria England12
7Argyll and Bute Scotland11
8East Lothian Scotland6
9Isle of Anglesey Wales5
10Highland Scotland4
11Cornwall England4
12Swansea Wales4
13Devon England3
14Pembrokeshire Wales3
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland3
162 England29 Scotland5 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
281
Peak month
September
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Salicornia europaea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
912
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Salicornia
Name with authority
Salicornia europaea L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27943 · GBIF 9823570