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Floating Crystalwort

Riccia fluitans

554Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan17
Feb12
Mar31
Apr20
May43
Jun82
Jul55
Aug99
Sep76
Oct36
Nov24
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England158
2Worcestershire England61
3Norfolk England42
4Essex England28
5Suffolk England20
6Kent England19
7Lincolnshire England17
8Carmarthenshire Wales9
9Monmouthshire Wales9
10Surrey England8
11York England6
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland6
13Cheshire East England4
14Powys Wales4
15Swansea Wales4
503 England1 Scotland43 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
554
Peak month
August
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Riccia fluitans
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
537
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Marchantiopsida
Order
Marchantiales
Family
Ricciaceae
Genus
Riccia
Name with authority
Riccia fluitans L.
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8244689