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Alder

Alnus glutinosa

16,859Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
123Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan513
Feb461
Mar599
Apr1,475
May1,816
Jun1,896
Jul2,174
Aug2,352
Sep1,487
Oct1,013
Nov469
Dec229

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England2,073
2Powys Wales1,164
3Sefton England796
4Highland Scotland543
5Norfolk England515
6Argyll and Bute Scotland399
7St. Helens England332
8Sheffield England290
9Herefordshire, County of England238
10North Yorkshire England234
11Devon England213
12Suffolk England212
13Liverpool England211
14Cumbria England203
15Telford and Wrekin England187
11,526 England1,790 Scotland1,573 Wales163 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
16,859
Peak month
August
Counties with records
123
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Alnus glutinosa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
55,769
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fagales
Family
Betulaceae
Genus
Alnus
Name with authority
Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.
Contributing datasets
70

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q156904 · GBIF 2876213