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Field Mouse-ear

Cerastium arvense

383Records since 2000
MayPeak month
44Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr60
May155
Jun64
Jul33
Aug31
Sep14
Oct11
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England49
2Norfolk England39
3Lincolnshire England28
4Cambridgeshire England20
5Highland Scotland15
6North Yorkshire England15
7North Lincolnshire England14
8East Lothian Scotland11
9Ceredigion Wales9
10Worcestershire England7
11Oxfordshire England6
12Devon England6
13West Berkshire England6
14Pembrokeshire Wales5
15Brighton and Hove England5
306 England42 Scotland19 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
383
Peak month
May
Counties with records
44
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Cerastium arvense
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,166
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Cerastium
Name with authority
Cerastium arvense L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1370878 · GBIF 3085433