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Brown forking weed

Bifurcaria bifurcata

921Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb11
Mar51
Apr61
May135
Jun141
Jul109
Aug63
Sep198
Oct91
Nov24
Dec25

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England168
2Cornwall England57
3Isles of Scilly England54
4Pembrokeshire Wales33
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland28
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland27
7Plymouth England16
8Dorset England15
9Highland Scotland12
10East Lothian Scotland12
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland12
12Fife Scotland11
13Swansea Wales11
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland9
15North Yorkshire England8
192 England1 Scotland26 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
921
Peak month
September
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Bifurcaria bifurcata
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
920
Most recorded in
Devon, Cornwall, Isles of Scilly
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Fucales
Family
Sargassaceae
Genus
Bifurcaria
Name with authority
Bifurcaria bifurcata R.Ross
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21154431 · GBIF 3197821