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Cherry Laurel

Prunus laurocerasus

17,196Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
125Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan471
Feb707
Mar1,421
Apr2,996
May1,799
Jun1,239
Jul1,573
Aug2,480
Sep2,004
Oct1,029
Nov596
Dec390

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England812
2Surrey England487
3Worcestershire England454
4Essex England329
5Powys Wales306
6Kent England293
7Oxfordshire England250
8Devon England248
9Monmouthshire Wales247
10Norfolk England219
11Cambridgeshire England215
12Swansea Wales212
13Cornwall England183
14Sheffield England182
15North Yorkshire England172
5,776 England117 Scotland1,366 Wales65 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
17,196
Peak month
April
Counties with records
125
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Prunus laurocerasus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
24,415
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus
Name with authority
Prunus laurocerasus L.
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157508 · GBIF 3021496