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Obscure Earwort

Scapania scandica

500Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan19
Feb21
Mar31
Apr44
May31
Jun50
Jul96
Aug51
Sep68
Oct43
Nov22
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland67
2Scottish Borders Scotland44
3Powys Wales43
4Perth and Kinross Scotland28
5Gwynedd Wales25
6Carmarthenshire Wales21
7Cumbria England18
8North Yorkshire England17
9Aberdeenshire Scotland16
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland14
11Ceredigion Wales13
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland10
13Angus Scotland10
14Conwy Wales9
15Monmouthshire Wales9
109 England253 Scotland137 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
500
Peak month
July
Counties with records
43
Scientific name
Scapania scandica
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
531
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Jungermanniales
Family
Scapaniaceae
Genus
Scapania
Name with authority
Scapania scandica (Arnell & H.Buch) Macvicar
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15314796 · GBIF 4277166