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Laurus nobilis

481Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
42Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan27
Feb23
Mar65
Apr93
May35
Jun30
Jul29
Aug27
Sep36
Oct42
Nov34
Dec35

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England105
2Portsmouth England56
3Cornwall England20
4Surrey England13
5Norfolk England8
6Somerset England7
7Isle of Wight England6
8Oxfordshire England5
9Devon England5
10Brighton and Hove England5
11Cambridgeshire England4
12Dorset England4
13Worcestershire England4
14Bath and North East Somerset England3
15Nottingham England3
466 England3 Scotland7 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
481
Peak month
April
Counties with records
42
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Laurus nobilis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,026
Most recorded in
Sefton, Portsmouth
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Laurales
Family
Lauraceae
Genus
Laurus
Name with authority
Laurus nobilis L.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26006 · GBIF 3034015