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American Skunkcabbage

Lysichiton americanus

2,909Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
91Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb9
Mar367
Apr1,400
May529
Jun199
Jul81
Aug98
Sep56
Oct48
Nov17
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland146
2Surrey England120
3Scottish Borders Scotland112
4Highland Scotland103
5Cumbria England102
6Cornwall England91
7Powys Wales82
8Devon England75
9North Yorkshire England66
10Leeds England61
11Perth and Kinross Scotland60
12Sheffield England59
13Kent England55
14Norfolk England51
15Gwynedd Wales51
740 England471 Scotland202 Wales64 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,909
Peak month
April
Counties with records
91
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lysichiton americanus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,053
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Lysichiton
Name with authority
Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H.St.John
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q469972 · GBIF 2869311