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Thorn cladonia

Cladonia uncialis

2,030Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan55
Feb63
Mar102
Apr137
May228
Jun270
Jul264
Aug304
Sep234
Oct111
Nov83
Dec44

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland708
2Perth and Kinross Scotland125
3North Yorkshire England70
4Powys Wales70
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland70
6Ceredigion Wales61
7Cumbria England59
8Aberdeenshire Scotland52
9Stirling Scotland42
10Devon England41
11Argyll and Bute Scotland40
12Orkney Islands Scotland34
13Shetland Islands —32
14Gwynedd Wales28
15Moray Scotland26
577 England1,226 Scotland208 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,030
Peak month
August
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Cladonia uncialis
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
367
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Cladoniaceae
Genus
Cladonia
Name with authority
Cladonia uncialis (L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q112879 · GBIF 6606867