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Bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

230Records since 2000
JunePeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb3
Mar14
Apr15
May28
Jun44
Jul39
Aug27
Sep16
Oct7
Nov4
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland170
2Perth and Kinross Scotland16
3Argyll and Bute Scotland11
4Cumbria England4
5Moray Scotland4
6City of Edinburgh Scotland3
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland3
8Shetland Islands —2
9Aberdeenshire Scotland2
10Angus Scotland2
11Orkney Islands Scotland1
12Stirling Scotland1
6 England208 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
230
Peak month
June
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,273
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Arctostaphylos
Name with authority
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q208032 · GBIF 2882580