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Aspen

Populus tremula

4,330Records since 2000
JunePeak month
118Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan19
Feb25
Mar52
Apr193
May612
Jun804
Jul676
Aug608
Sep538
Oct347
Nov78
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England289
2Highland Scotland237
3Halton England137
4Surrey England104
5Gwynedd Wales102
6Essex England86
7Kent England69
8Suffolk England64
9Aberdeenshire Scotland62
10Sefton England61
11Herefordshire, County of England55
12Cambridgeshire England52
13Norfolk England52
14Argyll and Bute Scotland51
15Liverpool England49
2,555 England445 Scotland142 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 118 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,330
Peak month
June
Counties with records
118
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Populus tremula
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
19,571
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Salicaceae
Genus
Populus
Name with authority
Populus tremula L.
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q146110 · GBIF 3040249