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Dodder

Cuscuta epithymum

503Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May49
Jun100
Jul163
Aug117
Sep31
Oct8
Nov1
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England112
2Devon England92
3Norfolk England50
4Surrey England27
5Somerset England26
6Oxfordshire England22
7Dorset England22
8Cambridgeshire England11
9Suffolk England9
10Pembrokeshire Wales8
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
12Peterborough England7
13Kent England6
14Portsmouth England4
15North Yorkshire England3
359 England4 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
503
Peak month
July
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Cuscuta epithymum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,508
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Devon, Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Convolvulaceae
Genus
Cuscuta
Name with authority
Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L.
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1479326 · GBIF 2927518