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Saccorhiza polyschides

2,637Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan49
Feb28
Mar71
Apr132
May291
Jun285
Jul463
Aug586
Sep461
Oct173
Nov48
Dec30

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England107
2Highland Scotland50
3Isles of Scilly England49
4Devon England36
5Torbay England36
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland32
7Pembrokeshire Wales30
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland29
9Dorset England28
10Argyll and Bute Scotland26
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland26
12Shetland Islands —18
13North Ayrshire Scotland17
14Orkney Islands Scotland16
15Gwynedd Wales14
1,451 England621 Scotland185 Wales167 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,637
Peak month
August
Counties with records
25
Scientific name
Saccorhiza polyschides
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,754
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Highland
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Tilopteridales
Family
Phyllariaceae
Genus
Saccorhiza
Name with authority
Saccorhiza polyschides (Lightf.) Batters
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q310345 · GBIF 5422611