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White Earwort

Diplophyllum albicans

12,767Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
98Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan804
Feb888
Mar1,278
Apr1,390
May1,026
Jun1,146
Jul1,479
Aug1,046
Sep1,081
Oct912
Nov785
Dec664

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,627
2Ceredigion Wales752
3Carmarthenshire Wales698
4Cumbria England649
5Powys Wales615
6Gwynedd Wales473
7Pembrokeshire Wales423
8Cornwall England377
9Devon England323
10North Yorkshire England323
11Argyll and Bute Scotland321
12Perth and Kinross Scotland223
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland221
14Worcestershire England214
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland174
4,415 England3,953 Scotland4,181 Wales211 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 98 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
12,767
Peak month
July
Counties with records
98
Scientific name
Diplophyllum albicans
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
13,309
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Jungermanniales
Family
Scapaniaceae
Genus
Diplophyllum
Name with authority
Diplophyllum albicans (L.) Dumort.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1603076 · GBIF 5286350