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Shady Earwort

Scapania umbrosa

999Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
46Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan45
Feb57
Mar78
Apr88
May83
Jun87
Jul196
Aug85
Sep84
Oct75
Nov68
Dec31

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland337
2Argyll and Bute Scotland99
3Gwynedd Wales79
4Cumbria England40
5North Yorkshire England36
6Conwy Wales36
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland23
8North Ayrshire Scotland18
9Scottish Borders Scotland17
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland16
11Perth and Kinross Scotland15
12Stirling Scotland15
13Devon England10
14Somerset England10
15Powys Wales10
192 England636 Scotland148 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 46 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
999
Peak month
July
Counties with records
46
Scientific name
Scapania umbrosa
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,068
Most recorded in
Highland, Argyll and Bute, Gwynedd
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Jungermanniales
Family
Scapaniaceae
Genus
Scapania
Name with authority
Scapania umbrosa (Schrad.) Dumort.
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15314911 · GBIF 4277183