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Lesser Featherwort

Plagiochila porelloides

7,570Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
93Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan541
Feb614
Mar836
Apr915
May634
Jun636
Jul722
Aug466
Sep504
Oct500
Nov539
Dec509

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland912
2North Yorkshire England395
3Cumbria England379
4Powys Wales379
5Gwynedd Wales350
6Argyll and Bute Scotland258
7Carmarthenshire Wales242
8Perth and Kinross Scotland190
9Conwy Wales190
10Worcestershire England186
11Monmouthshire Wales176
12Ceredigion Wales166
13Somerset England136
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland134
15Scottish Borders Scotland131
2,801 England2,540 Scotland2,003 Wales213 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
7,570
Peak month
April
Counties with records
93
Scientific name
Plagiochila porelloides
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
103
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Jungermanniales
Family
Plagiochilaceae
Genus
Plagiochila
Name with authority
Plagiochila porelloides (Torr. ex Nees) Lindenb.
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2097953 · GBIF 2688969