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Heath Groundsel

Senecio sylvaticus

893Records since 2000
JunePeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb7
Mar12
Apr24
May88
Jun185
Jul175
Aug92
Sep41
Oct22
Nov8
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England247
2Norfolk England57
3Suffolk England43
4Highland Scotland32
5Surrey England20
6Isle of Anglesey Wales20
7Cornwall England16
8Sefton England16
9Gwynedd Wales15
10Argyll and Bute Scotland14
11East Lothian Scotland14
12Cambridgeshire England13
13North Yorkshire England12
14Portsmouth England12
15Essex England11
677 England90 Scotland49 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
893
Peak month
June
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Senecio sylvaticus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,739
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Senecio
Name with authority
Senecio sylvaticus L.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q653882 · GBIF 3107987