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Grey Alder

Alnus incana

1,206Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
89Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb4
Mar14
Apr93
May111
Jun179
Jul170
Aug212
Sep168
Oct112
Nov47
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England127
2Liverpool England55
3Worcestershire England43
4St. Helens England41
5Halton England39
6Warrington England32
7Suffolk England25
8City of Edinburgh Scotland18
9Rotherham England18
10Highland Scotland16
11Telford and Wrekin England15
12Argyll and Bute Scotland13
13Cheshire East England13
14North Tyneside England13
15Surrey England11
946 England99 Scotland21 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 89 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,206
Peak month
August
Counties with records
89
Scientific name
Alnus incana
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,415
Most recorded in
Sefton, Liverpool
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fagales
Family
Betulaceae
Genus
Alnus
Name with authority
Alnus incana (L.) Moench
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9148577