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English ivy, Common ivy, European ivy, Ivy, Needlepoint ivy, Ripple ivy

Hedera helix

30,860Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
126Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,225
Feb1,481
Mar1,745
Apr3,859
May3,673
Jun3,257
Jul2,446
Aug3,009
Sep2,852
Oct1,999
Nov1,316
Dec894

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England3,076
2Sefton England2,129
3Essex England678
4Oxfordshire England661
5Liverpool England639
6Devon England603
7Herefordshire, County of England552
8Suffolk England509
9Sheffield England477
10Norfolk England439
11Halton England428
12Highland Scotland419
13Cambridgeshire England391
14Argyll and Bute Scotland377
15Cornwall England359
25,385 England1,955 Scotland1,130 Wales125 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
30,860
Peak month
April
Counties with records
126
Scientific name
Hedera helix
Also known as
Common Ivy
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
81,160
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Hedera
Name with authority
Hedera helix L.
Contributing datasets
63

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26354 · GBIF 8351737