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Graceful green hair

Cladophora sericea

568Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar10
Apr137
May131
Jun122
Jul48
Aug50
Sep55
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales161
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland38
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland25
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland15
5Argyll and Bute Scotland12
6Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland12
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
8Kent England4
9East Riding of Yorkshire England4
10Gwynedd Wales4
11Aberdeenshire Scotland4
12Devon England2
13East Lothian Scotland2
14Shetland Islands —2
15Swansea Wales2
40 England55 Scotland248 Wales206 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
568
Peak month
April
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Cladophora sericea
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
571
Most recorded in
Ceredigion
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Chlorophyta
Class
Ulvophyceae
Order
Cladophorales
Family
Cladophoraceae
Genus
Cladophora
Name with authority
Cladophora sericea (Huds.) Kütz.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q67123610 · GBIF 5272338