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Green Sea Fern

Bryopsis plumosa

860Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb2
Mar8
Apr23
May74
Jun116
Jul184
Aug213
Sep137
Oct49
Nov16
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England39
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland20
3Pembrokeshire Wales15
4Dorset England13
5Suffolk England10
6Gwynedd Wales9
7East Riding of Yorkshire England7
8Swansea Wales7
9Essex England6
10Isle of Anglesey Wales6
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland6
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland5
13Isle of Wight England3
14Devon England2
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland2
586 England24 Scotland110 Wales94 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
860
Peak month
August
Counties with records
25
Scientific name
Bryopsis plumosa
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
866
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Chlorophyta
Class
Ulvophyceae
Order
Bryopsidales
Family
Bryopsidaceae
Genus
Bryopsis
Name with authority
Bryopsis plumosa (Huds.) C.Agardh
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2927226 · GBIF 5272029