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Goat Willow

Salix caprea

8,468Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
118Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan49
Feb74
Mar334
Apr786
May1,026
Jun1,071
Jul1,073
Aug1,078
Sep816
Oct542
Nov241
Dec33

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,094
2Sefton England465
3Highland Scotland199
4Norfolk England159
5St. Helens England157
6Herefordshire, County of England133
7Sheffield England131
8Halton England127
9Suffolk England122
10Liverpool England117
11North Yorkshire England105
12Telford and Wrekin England103
13Argyll and Bute Scotland93
14Rotherham England93
15Oxfordshire England90
7,202 England634 Scotland132 Wales30 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 118 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,468
Peak month
August
Counties with records
118
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Salix caprea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
44,249
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Salicaceae
Genus
Salix
Name with authority
Salix caprea L.
Contributing datasets
54

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159565 · GBIF 5372952