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Crab Apple

Malus sylvestris

3,104Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
99Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan28
Feb24
Mar24
Apr244
May332
Jun289
Jul335
Aug366
Sep321
Oct198
Nov65
Dec31

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England795
2Powys Wales67
3Telford and Wrekin England58
4Essex England53
5Herefordshire, County of England53
6Suffolk England49
7North Yorkshire England48
8Northamptonshire England46
9Sheffield England41
10Oxfordshire England39
11Cumbria England35
12Cheshire East England31
13Cambridgeshire England27
14North Ayrshire Scotland25
15Norfolk England22
2,594 England78 Scotland88 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,104
Peak month
August
Counties with records
99
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Malus sylvestris
Also known as
Crab Apples
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
33,083
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Malus
Name with authority
Malus sylvestris Mill.
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q47161 · GBIF 3001509