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Dragon Horn

Cladonia squamosa

1,984Records since 2000
MayPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan99
Feb132
Mar176
Apr166
May213
Jun147
Jul148
Aug144
Sep176
Oct186
Nov156
Dec96

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland313
2Argyll and Bute Scotland170
3Devon England144
4Cornwall England72
5Cumbria England72
6Perth and Kinross Scotland60
7Gwynedd Wales56
8Somerset England51
9North Yorkshire England44
10Powys Wales38
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland37
12Aberdeenshire Scotland35
13Ceredigion Wales32
14Carmarthenshire Wales31
15Stirling Scotland28
960 England795 Scotland182 Wales32 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,984
Peak month
May
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Cladonia squamosa
Group
Lichens
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Cladoniaceae
Genus
Cladonia
Name with authority
Cladonia squamosa Hoffm.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q22114140 · GBIF 7246650