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Gritty British Soldiers Lichen

Cladonia floerkeana

1,229Records since 2000
MayPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan48
Feb64
Mar87
Apr117
May146
Jun94
Jul120
Aug114
Sep112
Oct111
Nov79
Dec62

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland128
2North Yorkshire England57
3Devon England50
4Cumbria England40
5Perth and Kinross Scotland39
6Dorset England36
7Cornwall England34
8Ceredigion Wales32
9Powys Wales29
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland28
11Surrey England26
12Argyll and Bute Scotland25
13Carmarthenshire Wales23
14Gwynedd Wales21
15Aberdeenshire Scotland20
727 England341 Scotland119 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,229
Peak month
May
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Cladonia floerkeana
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
110
Most recorded in
Highland, North Yorkshire, Devon
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Cladoniaceae
Genus
Cladonia
Name with authority
Cladonia floerkeana (Fr.) Flörke
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7453254