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Lungwort [lichen]

Lobaria pulmonaria

4,515Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan323
Feb526
Mar587
Apr421
May493
Jun253
Jul242
Aug231
Sep318
Oct211
Nov392
Dec262

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,505
2Argyll and Bute Scotland1,126
3Gwynedd Wales395
4Somerset England301
5Devon England231
6Cornwall England115
7Pembrokeshire Wales109
8Moray Scotland82
9Powys Wales78
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland59
11Cumbria England49
12Perth and Kinross Scotland46
13Dorset England44
14Isles of Scilly England32
15Isle of Wight England31
910 England2,962 Scotland606 Wales28 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,515
Peak month
March
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Lobaria pulmonaria
Also known as
Tree Lungwort
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,569
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Lobariaceae
Genus
Lobaria
Name with authority
Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm.
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1281000 · GBIF 5260693