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Bog-myrtle

Myrica gale

3,321Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
50Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan20
Feb18
Mar95
Apr147
May271
Jun679
Jul681
Aug734
Sep324
Oct133
Nov27
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,294
2Argyll and Bute Scotland457
3Norfolk England427
4Cumbria England153
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland131
6North Yorkshire England53
7Isle of Anglesey Wales52
8Dorset England48
9Stirling Scotland46
10Cambridgeshire England43
11Aberdeenshire Scotland41
12Gwynedd Wales38
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland36
14South Ayrshire Scotland26
15Ceredigion Wales23
845 England1,929 Scotland124 Wales62 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,321
Peak month
August
Counties with records
50
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Myrica gale
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,051
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fagales
Family
Myricaceae
Genus
Myrica
Name with authority
Myrica gale L.
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161681 · GBIF 5414202