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Florida beard lichen

Usnea florida

525Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan52
Feb42
Mar51
Apr32
May22
Jun41
Jul19
Aug18
Sep24
Oct72
Nov36
Dec37

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England187
2Powys Wales71
3Somerset England57
4Carmarthenshire Wales56
5Gwynedd Wales39
6Cornwall England16
7Conwy Wales14
8Highland Scotland3
9Pembrokeshire Wales2
10Ceredigion Wales2
11Argyll and Bute Scotland1
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
13Moray Scotland1
14Denbighshire Wales1
310 England5 Scotland188 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
525
Peak month
October
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Usnea florida
Also known as
a lichen
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
100
Most recorded in
Devon, Powys, Somerset, Carmarthenshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Usnea
Name with authority
Usnea florida (L.) F.H.Wigg.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2360270 · GBIF 2606038