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Cowberry

Vaccinium vitis-idaea

2,865Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
40Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan35
Feb50
Mar79
Apr140
May303
Jun350
Jul489
Aug532
Sep389
Oct181
Nov115
Dec44

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland991
2Perth and Kinross Scotland306
3Aberdeenshire Scotland195
4Worcestershire England152
5Sheffield England140
6North Yorkshire England117
7Cumbria England99
8Argyll and Bute Scotland67
9Powys Wales34
10Moray Scotland32
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland27
12Stirling Scotland26
13Cheshire East England21
14Gwynedd Wales17
15Angus Scotland16
911 England1,483 Scotland61 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,865
Peak month
August
Counties with records
40
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,638
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Vaccinium
Name with authority
Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q93235 · GBIF 2882835