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Common Liverwort

Marchantia polymorpha

9,606Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
124Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan531
Feb587
Mar853
Apr1,046
May847
Jun795
Jul888
Aug988
Sep913
Oct774
Nov625
Dec450

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,024
2Norfolk England520
3Sefton England476
4North Yorkshire England283
5Worcestershire England268
6City of Edinburgh Scotland205
7Scottish Borders Scotland204
8Suffolk England155
9Highland Scotland135
10Powys Wales135
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland124
12Kent England123
13Lincolnshire England122
14Kingston upon Hull, City of England111
15Oxfordshire England107
7,040 England1,260 Scotland897 Wales397 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 124 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,606
Peak month
April
Counties with records
124
Scientific name
Marchantia polymorpha
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,177
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Marchantiopsida
Order
Marchantiales
Family
Marchantiaceae
Genus
Marchantia
Name with authority
Marchantia polymorpha L.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q992846 · GBIF 2688570