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Nit Beard Lichen

Usnea subfloridana

2,839Records since 2000
MayPeak month
77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan165
Feb190
Mar269
Apr242
May320
Jun304
Jul223
Aug168
Sep255
Oct199
Nov240
Dec99

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland661
2Devon England192
3Argyll and Bute Scotland185
4Perth and Kinross Scotland142
5Cornwall England130
6Aberdeenshire Scotland70
7Carmarthenshire Wales70
8Gloucestershire England68
9Somerset England61
10Powys Wales61
11Scottish Borders Scotland55
12Moray Scotland51
13East Lothian Scotland48
14Dorset England42
15Gwynedd Wales34
1,124 England1,426 Scotland226 Wales41 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,839
Peak month
May
Counties with records
77
Scientific name
Usnea subfloridana
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
302
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Usnea
Name with authority
Usnea subfloridana Stirt.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q9179486 · GBIF 2606023