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Western Earwort

Scapania gracilis

4,917Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
51Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan219
Feb315
Mar385
Apr434
May391
Jun611
Jul736
Aug444
Sep398
Oct321
Nov288
Dec219

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,335
2Gwynedd Wales612
3Argyll and Bute Scotland314
4Cumbria England282
5Ceredigion Wales196
6Powys Wales180
7Conwy Wales163
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland160
9Carmarthenshire Wales142
10Devon England115
11Pembrokeshire Wales88
12Shetland Islands —70
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland66
14Stirling Scotland56
15Cornwall England54
747 England2,557 Scotland1,497 Wales113 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,917
Peak month
July
Counties with records
51
Scientific name
Scapania gracilis
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,353
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Jungermanniales
Family
Scapaniaceae
Genus
Scapania
Name with authority
Scapania gracilis Lindb.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15314862 · GBIF 5837556