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String-of-sausage lichen

Usnea articulata

1,125Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan60
Feb91
Mar135
Apr60
May35
Jun44
Jul38
Aug43
Sep48
Oct111
Nov94
Dec95

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England430
2Pembrokeshire Wales163
3Cornwall England111
4Dorset England109
5Carmarthenshire Wales101
6Somerset England64
7Powys Wales50
8Ceredigion Wales23
9Gwynedd Wales18
10Swansea Wales8
11Cambridgeshire England5
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland2
13Gloucestershire England1
14Bristol, City of England1
15Monmouthshire Wales1
738 England377 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,125
Peak month
March
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Usnea articulata
Also known as
a lichen
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
104
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Usnea
Name with authority
Usnea articulata (L.) Hoffm.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10711209 · GBIF 2606028