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Buxus sempervirens

2,133Records since 2000
JunePeak month
108Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan81
Feb134
Mar179
Apr279
May264
Jun286
Jul206
Aug137
Sep142
Oct134
Nov86
Dec65

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England156
2Oxfordshire England110
3Sefton England71
4Surrey England65
5Cambridgeshire England55
6Norfolk England48
7Kent England45
8Suffolk England44
9West Berkshire England38
10Gloucestershire England37
11Devon England35
12Essex England34
13Lincolnshire England27
14Telford and Wrekin England27
15Powys Wales25
881 England26 Scotland18 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 108 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,133
Peak month
June
Counties with records
108
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Buxus sempervirens
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,735
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Buxales
Family
Buxaceae
Genus
Buxus
Name with authority
Buxus sempervirens L.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27344 · GBIF 2984671