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Lesser Clubmoss

Selaginella selaginoides

1,137Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb4
Mar4
Apr11
May85
Jun284
Jul320
Aug229
Sep109
Oct20
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland446
2Perth and Kinross Scotland276
3Argyll and Bute Scotland80
4North Yorkshire England57
5Cumbria England46
6Stirling Scotland35
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland27
8Shetland Islands —14
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland14
10Gwynedd Wales6
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland6
12East Lothian Scotland5
13Conwy Wales5
14Aberdeenshire Scotland4
15City of Edinburgh Scotland3
168 England923 Scotland16 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,137
Peak month
July
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Selaginella selaginoides
Group
Clubmosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,231
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Lycopodiopsida
Order
Selaginellales
Family
Selaginellaceae
Genus
Selaginella
Name with authority
Selaginella selaginoides (L.) Schrank & C.F.P.Mart.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1245997 · GBIF 2688197