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Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

44,514Records since 2000
MayPeak month
126Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan434
Feb663
Mar1,133
Apr5,640
May6,602
Jun5,956
Jul5,379
Aug6,002
Sep4,447
Oct2,585
Nov1,022
Dec429

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England4,043
2Sefton England1,475
3Essex England1,063
4Cambridgeshire England865
5Oxfordshire England846
6Halton England787
7Liverpool England692
8Herefordshire, County of England653
9North Yorkshire England640
10Powys Wales635
11Suffolk England601
12Norfolk England569
13Sheffield England566
14Devon England468
15Cumbria England451
39,158 England2,375 Scotland1,562 Wales205 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
44,514
Peak month
May
Counties with records
126
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Crataegus monogyna
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
104,675
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Crataegus
Name with authority
Crataegus monogyna Jacq.
Contributing datasets
65

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161511 · GBIF 9220780