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Crack-willow

Salix fragilis

2,533Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
45Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb15
Mar22
Apr100
May174
Jun398
Jul564
Aug477
Sep362
Oct249
Nov57
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dudley England30
2Sefton England29
3Gloucestershire England25
4Surrey England22
5Worcestershire England17
6Herefordshire, County of England15
7Halton England11
8North Yorkshire England8
9St. Helens England6
10Pembrokeshire Wales5
11West Berkshire England5
12Warrington England5
13Portsmouth England5
14North Lincolnshire England5
15Oxfordshire England4
2,460 England16 Scotland9 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,533
Peak month
July
Counties with records
45
Scientific name
Salix fragilis
Group
Flowering plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Salicaceae
Genus
Salix
Name with authority
Salix fragilis L.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157518 · GBIF 5372829