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Oakmoss

Evernia prunastri

7,937Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan553
Feb754
Mar786
Apr773
May743
Jun622
Jul581
Aug523
Sep588
Oct631
Nov565
Dec513

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland562
2Devon England365
3Gloucestershire England352
4Argyll and Bute Scotland275
5Kent England265
6Cornwall England202
7Dorset England180
8East Lothian Scotland175
9Surrey England167
10Perth and Kinross Scotland159
11Somerset England138
12Herefordshire, County of England129
13Scottish Borders Scotland119
14Suffolk England117
15Worcestershire England108
5,411 England1,921 Scotland456 Wales117 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,937
Peak month
March
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Evernia prunastri
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
772
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Evernia
Name with authority
Evernia prunastri (L.) Ach.
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q904074 · GBIF 2605261