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European Plum

Prunus domestica

3,398Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
98Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb8
Mar30
Apr148
May289
Jun332
Jul587
Aug655
Sep392
Oct184
Nov41
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England667
2Herefordshire, County of England125
3Telford and Wrekin England56
4Suffolk England54
5Oxfordshire England54
6Cambridgeshire England50
7Norfolk England35
8Essex England35
9Sefton England26
10Kent England25
11Gloucestershire England25
12Dudley England23
13Cumbria England21
14West Berkshire England20
15Lincolnshire England19
2,768 England21 Scotland23 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 98 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,398
Peak month
August
Counties with records
98
Scientific name
Prunus domestica
Also known as
Wild Plum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
19,309
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus
Name with authority
Prunus domestica L.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7931731