When it is recorded
Jan183
Feb193
Mar201
Apr341
May223
Jun162
Jul102
Aug155
Sep125
Oct144
Nov153
Dec136
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essex | England | 132 | |
| 2 | Devon | England | 120 | |
| 3 | Sefton | England | 112 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 81 | |
| 5 | Dorset | England | 44 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 40 | |
| 7 | Portsmouth | England | 40 | |
| 8 | Cambridgeshire | England | 39 | |
| 9 | Surrey | England | 37 | |
| 10 | Cornwall | England | 35 | |
| 11 | Isle of Wight | England | 34 | |
| 12 | Oxfordshire | England | 31 | |
| 13 | Norfolk | England | 30 | |
| 14 | Torbay | England | 22 | |
| 15 | Worcestershire | England | 20 |
1,209 England4 Scotland20 Wales1 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 2,140
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 70
- Scientific name
- Ruscus aculeatus
- Also known as
- Butcher’s broom
- Group
- Flowering plants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 5,001
- Conservation designations
- Habitats Directive, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Ruscus
- Name with authority
- Ruscus aculeatus L.
- Contributing datasets
- 24
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161425 · GBIF 2769766