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Cross-leaved Heath

Erica tetralix

10,772Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan68
Feb132
Mar122
Apr132
May738
Jun2,188
Jul2,353
Aug2,123
Sep1,277
Oct499
Nov199
Dec81

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland2,041
2Argyll and Bute Scotland573
3North Yorkshire England389
4Pembrokeshire Wales367
5Powys Wales352
6Cumbria England347
7Ceredigion Wales303
8Worcestershire England273
9Perth and Kinross Scotland269
10Aberdeenshire Scotland254
11Surrey England246
12East Ayrshire Scotland224
13Cornwall England215
14Carmarthenshire Wales211
15Devon England195
3,863 England4,526 Scotland1,803 Wales76 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,772
Peak month
July
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Erica tetralix
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
29,163
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Erica
Name with authority
Erica tetralix L.
Contributing datasets
53

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1421121 · GBIF 5333412