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Spotty Scalewort

Frullania fragilifolia

1,495Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan51
Feb79
Mar106
Apr139
May149
Jun217
Jul276
Aug124
Sep103
Oct100
Nov60
Dec37

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland527
2Gwynedd Wales132
3Argyll and Bute Scotland96
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland57
5Pembrokeshire Wales47
6Perth and Kinross Scotland41
7Ceredigion Wales35
8Cumbria England34
9Powys Wales32
10Devon England30
11Cornwall England27
12Stirling Scotland27
13Conwy Wales24
14South Ayrshire Scotland22
15Carmarthenshire Wales20
122 England1,040 Scotland306 Wales27 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
1,495
Peak month
July
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Frullania fragilifolia
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,654
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Porellales
Family
Frullaniaceae
Genus
Frullania
Name with authority
Frullania fragilifolia (Taylor) Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15344967 · GBIF 5836834