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Common Green Shield Lichen

Flavoparmelia caperata

5,354Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
100Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan334
Feb485
Mar603
Apr572
May456
Jun403
Jul376
Aug371
Sep424
Oct402
Nov410
Dec310

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England477
2Argyll and Bute Scotland405
3Cornwall England375
4Kent England252
5Gloucestershire England230
6Dorset England200
7Somerset England172
8Gwynedd Wales140
9Pembrokeshire Wales136
10Carmarthenshire Wales92
11Highland Scotland73
12Norfolk England70
13Surrey England69
14Suffolk England66
15Herefordshire, County of England53
4,050 England670 Scotland515 Wales92 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 100 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,354
Peak month
March
Counties with records
100
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Flavoparmelia caperata
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
646
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Flavoparmelia
Name with authority
Flavoparmelia caperata (L.) Hale
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1034569 · GBIF 2606178