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Clawed Forked Weed

Furcellaria lumbricalis

857Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb5
Mar26
Apr57
May134
Jun111
Jul106
Aug139
Sep182
Oct29
Nov18
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland31
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland26
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland25
4Cornwall England17
5Gwynedd Wales15
6Pembrokeshire Wales14
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland14
8Isles of Scilly England13
9Devon England11
10Orkney Islands Scotland10
11Highland Scotland9
12Dorset England7
13East Riding of Yorkshire England7
14Isle of Anglesey Wales6
15North Yorkshire England5
347 England139 Scotland123 Wales175 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
857
Peak month
September
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Furcellaria lumbricalis
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
962
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Furcellariaceae
Genus
Furcellaria
Name with authority
Furcellaria lumbricalis (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10979732 · GBIF 2666910