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Common Juniper

Juniperus communis

4,287Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
63Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan36
Feb97
Mar71
Apr107
May217
Jun236
Jul1,347
Aug1,236
Sep405
Oct190
Nov94
Dec31

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Aberdeenshire Scotland2,208
2Highland Scotland718
3Cumbria England218
4Perth and Kinross Scotland139
5Argyll and Bute Scotland83
6East Ayrshire Scotland72
7Conwy Wales57
8Swansea Wales57
9Oxfordshire England30
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland29
11Gwynedd Wales28
12Surrey England23
13North Yorkshire England20
14Midlothian Scotland18
15City of Edinburgh Scotland17
583 England3,315 Scotland149 Wales34 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,287
Peak month
July
Counties with records
63
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Juniperus communis
Also known as
juniper
Group
Conifers
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,924
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Juniperus
Name with authority
Juniperus communis L.
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26325 · GBIF 2684709