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Fairy beads

Microlejeunea ulicina

5,322Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
76Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan360
Feb446
Mar681
Apr629
May412
Jun388
Jul369
Aug418
Sep413
Oct415
Nov371
Dec327

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales436
2Gwynedd Wales384
3Pembrokeshire Wales292
4Devon England279
5Cornwall England276
6Cumbria England258
7Ceredigion Wales248
8Highland Scotland241
9Argyll and Bute Scotland190
10Powys Wales156
11Somerset England147
12Swansea Wales142
13Conwy Wales119
14Surrey England106
15Kent England74
2,147 England717 Scotland2,384 Wales74 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,322
Peak month
March
Counties with records
76
Scientific name
Microlejeunea ulicina
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,593
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Porellales
Family
Lejeuneaceae
Genus
Microlejeunea
Name with authority
Microlejeunea ulicina (Taylor) Steph.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1626291 · GBIF 2688792