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Heath Earwort

Scapania irrigua

1,975Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan76
Feb64
Mar115
Apr153
May116
Jun181
Jul333
Aug227
Sep275
Oct203
Nov121
Dec72

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland229
2Ceredigion Wales146
3Gwynedd Wales116
4Powys Wales114
5Carmarthenshire Wales113
6Worcestershire England85
7Conwy Wales80
8Pembrokeshire Wales69
9Cornwall England57
10Cumbria England49
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland48
12Scottish Borders Scotland46
13Devon England39
14Perth and Kinross Scotland39
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland35
455 England669 Scotland807 Wales41 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,975
Peak month
July
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Scapania irrigua
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,114
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Jungermanniales
Family
Scapaniaceae
Genus
Scapania
Name with authority
Scapania irrigua (Nees) Nees
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15314623 · GBIF 2689217