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Bushy Red Weed

Cystoclonium purpureum

736Records since 2000
JunePeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb3
Mar15
Apr31
May97
Jun175
Jul135
Aug118
Sep93
Oct24
Nov4
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland36
2Gwynedd Wales31
3Isle of Anglesey Wales18
4Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland17
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland16
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland15
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland15
8Suffolk England14
9Devon England9
10Argyll and Bute Scotland6
11Norfolk England5
12Dorset England5
13Pembrokeshire Wales5
14Scottish Borders Scotland5
15Highland Scotland4
200 England94 Scotland180 Wales202 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
736
Peak month
June
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Cystoclonium purpureum
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
758
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Cystocloniaceae
Genus
Cystoclonium
Name with authority
Cystoclonium purpureum (Hudson) Batters
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q47088100 · GBIF 2667639