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Prickly Featherwort

Plagiochila spinulosa

3,205Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
41Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan138
Feb382
Mar275
Apr245
May227
Jun359
Jul306
Aug271
Sep285
Oct227
Nov244
Dec150

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales825
2Highland Scotland775
3Argyll and Bute Scotland271
4Cumbria England175
5Conwy Wales168
6Ceredigion Wales158
7Carmarthenshire Wales134
8Powys Wales105
9Devon England70
10Stirling Scotland42
11Somerset England38
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland36
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland36
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland34
15Perth and Kinross Scotland34
330 England1,367 Scotland1,426 Wales73 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,205
Peak month
February
Counties with records
41
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Plagiochila spinulosa
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,423
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Jungermanniales
Family
Plagiochilaceae
Genus
Plagiochila
Name with authority
Plagiochila spinulosa (Dicks.) Dumort.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15313571 · GBIF 7686328