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Pearl Pouncewort

Lejeunea patens

2,485Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan95
Feb158
Mar175
Apr207
May239
Jun294
Jul386
Aug238
Sep193
Oct151
Nov129
Dec149

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland907
2Gwynedd Wales308
3Argyll and Bute Scotland227
4Cumbria England141
5Conwy Wales97
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland74
7Carmarthenshire Wales69
8Ceredigion Wales62
9Powys Wales61
10Stirling Scotland42
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland36
12Perth and Kinross Scotland32
13Shetland Islands —26
14Pembrokeshire Wales20
15North Ayrshire Scotland20
170 England1,622 Scotland642 Wales49 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,485
Peak month
July
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Lejeunea patens
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,774
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Porellales
Family
Lejeuneaceae
Genus
Lejeunea
Name with authority
Lejeunea patens Lindb.
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17283835 · GBIF 4276782