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Orange Sea Lichen

Flavoplaca marina

509Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb19
Mar32
Apr40
May73
Jun58
Jul57
Aug87
Sep60
Oct23
Nov33
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland47
2Cornwall England47
3Argyll and Bute Scotland30
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland23
5Orkney Islands Scotland15
6Suffolk England11
7Isles of Scilly England11
8Devon England10
9Gwynedd Wales10
10Pembrokeshire Wales8
11Swansea Wales8
12Fife Scotland7
13Somerset England6
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland6
15East Lothian Scotland5
191 England222 Scotland69 Wales19 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
509
Peak month
August
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Flavoplaca marina
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
366
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Teloschistales
Family
Teloschistaceae
Genus
Flavoplaca
Name with authority
Flavoplaca marina (Wedd.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25777835 · GBIF 8211141