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Common Script Lichen

Graphis scripta

2,809Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
70Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan188
Feb290
Mar333
Apr293
May288
Jun213
Jul170
Aug114
Sep196
Oct217
Nov208
Dec137

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland393
2Devon England330
3Highland Scotland306
4Cornwall England154
5Somerset England128
6Gwynedd Wales112
7Gloucestershire England91
8Carmarthenshire Wales80
9Dorset England77
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland53
11Powys Wales50
12Pembrokeshire Wales49
13Perth and Kinross Scotland47
14Cumbria England41
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland39
1,430 England909 Scotland330 Wales106 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,809
Peak month
March
Counties with records
70
Scientific name
Graphis scripta
Group
Lichens
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Ostropales
Family
Graphidaceae
Genus
Graphis
Name with authority
Graphis scripta (L.) Ach.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q113152 · GBIF 7249709