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Glossy Buckthorn

Frangula alnus

868Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
57Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar4
Apr24
May94
Jun130
Jul172
Aug228
Sep77
Oct46
Nov11
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England103
2Worcestershire England80
3Devon England65
4Norfolk England62
5Surrey England38
6Cheshire East England27
7Halton England21
8St. Helens England21
9Essex England10
10Somerset England10
11Wrexham Wales9
12North Yorkshire England8
13Cumbria England8
14York England8
15Warrington England7
794 England4 Scotland31 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
868
Peak month
August
Counties with records
57
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Frangula alnus
Also known as
Alder Buckthorn
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,260
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rhamnaceae
Genus
Frangula
Name with authority
Frangula alnus Mill.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q146136 · GBIF 3039454