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Salted Shield Lichen

Parmelia saxatilis

6,211Records since 2000
MayPeak month
97Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan295
Feb388
Mar625
Apr644
May746
Jun579
Jul649
Aug553
Sep502
Oct450
Nov325
Dec162

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland914
2Argyll and Bute Scotland598
3Devon England255
4Cumbria England153
5Gloucestershire England152
6Cornwall England149
7Powys Wales146
8North Yorkshire England145
9Perth and Kinross Scotland143
10Gwynedd Wales141
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland130
12Worcestershire England120
13Kent England109
14Herefordshire, County of England87
15Carmarthenshire Wales77
3,134 England2,485 Scotland483 Wales80 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 97 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,211
Peak month
May
Counties with records
97
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Parmelia saxatilis
Group
Lichens
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Parmelia
Name with authority
Parmelia saxatilis (L.) Ach.
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2053697 · GBIF 2605955