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Beard lichen

Usnea cornuta

1,554Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan88
Feb123
Mar168
Apr162
May149
Jun118
Jul91
Aug89
Sep132
Oct135
Nov132
Dec87

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England304
2Cornwall England200
3Highland Scotland198
4Argyll and Bute Scotland197
5Pembrokeshire Wales74
6Gwynedd Wales70
7Somerset England65
8Dorset England51
9Carmarthenshire Wales30
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland29
11Gloucestershire England21
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland15
13Kent England14
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland11
15Perth and Kinross Scotland11
805 England475 Scotland188 Wales32 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,554
Peak month
March
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Usnea cornuta
Group
Lichens
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Usnea
Name with authority
Usnea cornuta Körb.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10711213 · GBIF 7407993