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Greater Featherwort

Plagiochila asplenioides

5,722Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
93Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan545
Feb680
Mar776
Apr682
May361
Jun283
Jul318
Aug243
Sep309
Oct438
Nov520
Dec459

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales346
2Highland Scotland270
3Cumbria England236
4Powys Wales232
5Gwynedd Wales203
6Ceredigion Wales197
7Pembrokeshire Wales194
8Devon England190
9Somerset England183
10Cambridgeshire England177
11Argyll and Bute Scotland176
12North Yorkshire England150
13Monmouthshire Wales148
14Conwy Wales139
15Cornwall England130
2,670 England1,113 Scotland1,820 Wales108 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 93 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,722
Peak month
March
Counties with records
93
Scientific name
Plagiochila asplenioides
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,828
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Jungermanniales
Family
Plagiochilaceae
Genus
Plagiochila
Name with authority
Plagiochila asplenioides (L.) Dumort.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2097957 · GBIF 2688970