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Western Pouncewort

Lejeunea lamacerina

3,422Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
58Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan213
Feb271
Mar392
Apr378
May251
Jun258
Jul291
Aug248
Sep223
Oct250
Nov249
Dec308

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales523
2Highland Scotland312
3Cornwall England300
4Pembrokeshire Wales255
5Ceredigion Wales219
6Carmarthenshire Wales200
7Conwy Wales198
8Devon England188
9Powys Wales129
10Cumbria England118
11Argyll and Bute Scotland109
12Somerset England56
13Swansea Wales42
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland33
15South Ayrshire Scotland31
844 England738 Scotland1,784 Wales50 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,422
Peak month
March
Counties with records
58
Scientific name
Lejeunea lamacerina
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,743
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Porellales
Family
Lejeuneaceae
Genus
Lejeunea
Name with authority
Lejeunea lamacerina (Steph.) Schiffn.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15312589 · GBIF 4276778