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Forked Veilwort

Metzgeria furcata

24,734Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
122Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2,267
Feb2,606
Mar3,512
Apr2,998
May1,945
Jun1,332
Jul1,327
Aug1,224
Sep1,387
Oct1,681
Nov2,053
Dec1,861

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,414
2Carmarthenshire Wales900
3Cornwall England821
4Norfolk England807
5Suffolk England695
6Pembrokeshire Wales686
7Highland Scotland681
8Somerset England611
9Worcestershire England597
10Cumbria England534
11Ceredigion Wales529
12Swansea Wales504
13Devon England494
14Powys Wales490
15Kent England485
16,221 England2,735 Scotland5,439 Wales326 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
24,734
Peak month
March
Counties with records
122
Scientific name
Metzgeria furcata
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
24,548
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Metzgeriales
Family
Metzgeriaceae
Genus
Metzgeria
Name with authority
Metzgeria furcata (L.) Corda
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8250334