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Beanweed

Scytosiphon lomentaria

517Records since 2000
MayPeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb0
Mar12
Apr57
May139
Jun101
Jul62
Aug54
Sep44
Oct5
Nov3
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland37
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland32
3Scottish Borders Scotland19
4Cornwall England17
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland15
6Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland13
7Pembrokeshire Wales12
8Gwynedd Wales10
9Devon England9
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
11Isle of Anglesey Wales7
12Ceredigion Wales6
13Argyll and Bute Scotland5
14Highland Scotland4
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
82 England38 Scotland67 Wales225 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
517
Peak month
May
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Scytosiphon lomentaria
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
494
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Scytosiphonales
Family
Scytosiphonaceae
Genus
Scytosiphon
Name with authority
Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngb.) Link
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3023426 · GBIF 5422803