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European Spindletree

Euonymus europaeus

7,415Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
103Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan40
Feb30
Mar64
Apr387
May882
Jun590
Jul494
Aug580
Sep1,071
Oct1,696
Nov932
Dec200

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England492
2Oxfordshire England290
3Essex England254
4Suffolk England220
5Norfolk England206
6Somerset England178
7Kent England175
8Cambridgeshire England173
9Devon England172
10Surrey England164
11Gloucestershire England158
12Herefordshire, County of England147
13Sefton England92
14Halton England90
15West Berkshire England76
4,134 England16 Scotland117 Wales19 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 103 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,415
Peak month
October
Counties with records
103
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Euonymus europaeus
Also known as
Spindle
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
20,327
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Celastrales
Family
Celastraceae
Genus
Euonymus
Name with authority
Euonymus europaeus L.
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161379 · GBIF 3169131