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Nitzschia palea

2,250Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb0
Mar30
Apr439
May411
Jun60
Jul90
Aug37
Sep643
Oct418
Nov114
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales451
2Gwynedd Wales373
3Denbighshire Wales160
4Isle of Anglesey Wales156
5Wrexham Wales154
6Ceredigion Wales130
7Pembrokeshire Wales121
8Conwy Wales120
9Carmarthenshire Wales112
10Monmouthshire Wales99
11Swansea Wales54
12Herefordshire, County of England5
13Oxfordshire England4
14Argyll and Bute Scotland4
15Worcestershire England2
31 England2 Scotland2,168 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,250
Peak month
September
Counties with records
19
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,184
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Bacillariales
Family
Bacillariaceae
Genus
Nitzschia
Name with authority
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) W.Smith, 1856
Described
1856
Contributing datasets
5

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7449146