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Buckthorn

Rhamnus cathartica

2,696Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
64Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb6
Mar10
Apr28
May220
Jun303
Jul291
Aug418
Sep701
Oct457
Nov171
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England241
2Cambridgeshire England238
3Surrey England97
4Suffolk England86
5Norfolk England85
6Northamptonshire England56
7Gloucestershire England48
8Rutland England46
9Dorset England37
10West Berkshire England37
11Kent England36
12Worcestershire England36
13Lincolnshire England35
14Cumbria England34
15Essex England27
1,220 England1 Scotland14 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 64 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,696
Peak month
September
Counties with records
64
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Rhamnus cathartica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,390
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rhamnaceae
Genus
Rhamnus
Name with authority
Rhamnus cathartica L.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q147861 · GBIF 3039491