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Canada yew

Taxus baccata

11,357Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
119Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan430
Feb654
Mar791
Apr1,472
May1,074
Jun1,166
Jul890
Aug1,021
Sep885
Oct820
Nov582
Dec458

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,195
2Sefton England740
3Herefordshire, County of England234
4Oxfordshire England217
5Surrey England204
6Cumbria England170
7Sheffield England152
8West Berkshire England128
9Suffolk England125
10Telford and Wrekin England116
11Norfolk England113
12North Yorkshire England108
13Essex England107
14Powys Wales105
15Liverpool England103
10,139 England300 Scotland400 Wales55 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 119 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,357
Peak month
April
Counties with records
119
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Taxus baccata
Also known as
Yew
Group
Conifers
NBN Atlas records since 2000
33,388
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Taxaceae
Genus
Taxus
Name with authority
Taxus baccata L.
Contributing datasets
52

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q179729 · GBIF 5284517