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Water Earwort

Scapania undulata

8,368Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan301
Feb479
Mar736
Apr958
May816
Jun936
Jul1,190
Aug787
Sep740
Oct488
Nov385
Dec296

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,200
2Gwynedd Wales538
3Ceredigion Wales449
4Powys Wales400
5Cumbria England391
6Carmarthenshire Wales358
7Argyll and Bute Scotland253
8Perth and Kinross Scotland249
9North Yorkshire England234
10Conwy Wales214
11Pembrokeshire Wales183
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland183
13Worcestershire England177
14Devon England145
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland123
2,628 England2,956 Scotland2,574 Wales204 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,368
Peak month
July
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Scapania undulata
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,660
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Jungermanniales
Family
Scapaniaceae
Genus
Scapania
Name with authority
Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q798052 · GBIF 2689218