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Wall Scalewort

Porella platyphylla

3,323Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan373
Feb404
Mar503
Apr385
May221
Jun138
Jul95
Aug119
Sep133
Oct205
Nov331
Dec369

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England344
2North Yorkshire England196
3Cambridgeshire England172
4Gloucestershire England160
5Cumbria England117
6Devon England107
7Suffolk England92
8Bristol, City of England90
9Kent England81
10Powys Wales79
11Monmouthshire Wales79
12Bath and North East Somerset England62
13Oxfordshire England61
14Pembrokeshire Wales60
15Swansea Wales60
2,659 England134 Scotland514 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,323
Peak month
March
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Porella platyphylla
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,277
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Porellales
Family
Porellaceae
Genus
Porella
Name with authority
Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q905960 · GBIF 5286317