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Apple

Malus domestica

4,177Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
97Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan35
Feb28
Mar41
Apr549
May516
Jun395
Jul561
Aug603
Sep566
Oct264
Nov120
Dec37

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England399
2Sefton England271
3Oxfordshire England126
4Portsmouth England69
5Herefordshire, County of England67
6St. Helens England58
7Norfolk England57
8West Berkshire England55
9Suffolk England52
10Highland Scotland45
11Cambridgeshire England41
12Liverpool England38
13Halton England37
14Essex England35
15Sheffield England34
3,895 England80 Scotland39 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 97 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,177
Peak month
August
Counties with records
97
Scientific name
Malus domestica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,441
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Malus
Name with authority
Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh.
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18674606 · GBIF 3001244