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Rough Earwort

Scapania aspera

1,371Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan106
Feb102
Mar160
Apr151
May118
Jun123
Jul179
Aug112
Sep69
Oct93
Nov73
Dec69

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England236
2Highland Scotland178
3Cumbria England87
4Powys Wales51
5Perth and Kinross Scotland42
6Somerset England41
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland41
8Pembrokeshire Wales39
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland35
10Monmouthshire Wales34
11Denbighshire Wales34
12Argyll and Bute Scotland30
13Swansea Wales28
14Aberdeenshire Scotland17
15Carmarthenshire Wales17
635 England403 Scotland269 Wales62 Northern Ireland

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
1,371
Peak month
July
Counties with records
43
Scientific name
Scapania aspera
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,426
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Jungermanniales
Family
Scapaniaceae
Genus
Scapania
Name with authority
Scapania aspera M.Bernet & Bernet
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1456990 · GBIF 7435100