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Usnea flammea

703Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan36
Feb33
Mar73
Apr102
May83
Jun52
Jul52
Aug51
Sep69
Oct42
Nov53
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland205
2Argyll and Bute Scotland138
3Cornwall England68
4Devon England60
5Pembrokeshire Wales39
6Gwynedd Wales27
7Isles of Scilly England24
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland15
9Somerset England11
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland7
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland6
12Orkney Islands Scotland6
13Perth and Kinross Scotland5
14Isle of Wight England4
15Stirling Scotland4
184 England402 Scotland73 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
703
Peak month
April
Counties with records
24
Group
Lichens
NBN Atlas records since 2000
74
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Usnea
Name with authority
Usnea flammea Stirt.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10711222 · GBIF 2606087