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Common Glasswort

Salicornia europaea

117Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun11
Jul25
Aug38
Sep16
Oct14
Nov7
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England15
2Sefton England9
3Norfolk England7
4Suffolk England7
5Essex England5
6Wirral England5
7Lincolnshire England3
8Isle of Anglesey Wales3
9Portsmouth England3
10Devon England2
11Pembrokeshire Wales2
12Kent England1
13Dorset England1
14Highland Scotland1
15East Riding of Yorkshire England1
102 England4 Scotland11 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
117
Peak month
August
Counties with records
20
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 (Moss) Lambinon & Vanderp.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 12239479