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Downy Birch

Betula pubescens

7,152Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
105Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan77
Feb94
Mar178
Apr440
May1,064
Jun1,091
Jul1,000
Aug1,183
Sep560
Oct234
Nov92
Dec35

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,270
2Worcestershire England775
3Argyll and Bute Scotland641
4Aberdeenshire Scotland269
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland187
6Sefton England155
7Powys Wales140
8East Ayrshire Scotland139
9Cumbria England138
10North Ayrshire Scotland134
11Perth and Kinross Scotland100
12Norfolk England86
13Sheffield England84
14West Lothian Scotland79
15Stirling Scotland71
3,033 England3,274 Scotland292 Wales49 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 105 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,152
Peak month
August
Counties with records
105
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Betula pubescens
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
37,310
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fagales
Family
Betulaceae
Genus
Betula
Name with authority
Betula pubescens Ehrh.
Contributing datasets
54

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157624 · GBIF 9118014