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Holly

Ilex aquifolium

32,893Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
127Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,202
Feb1,397
Mar2,022
Apr4,401
May4,061
Jun3,313
Jul2,802
Aug3,113
Sep2,637
Oct2,078
Nov1,442
Dec1,015

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England3,416
2Sefton England2,031
3Sheffield England916
4Devon England649
5Essex England611
6Highland Scotland520
7Surrey England482
8Herefordshire, County of England469
9Halton England432
10Norfolk England426
11Argyll and Bute Scotland386
12Liverpool England378
13Cumbria England362
14Oxfordshire England346
15Powys Wales340
25,423 England1,830 Scotland1,077 Wales171 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
32,893
Peak month
April
Counties with records
127
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ilex aquifolium
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
74,049
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Aquifoliales
Family
Aquifoliaceae
Genus
Ilex
Name with authority
Ilex aquifolium L.
Contributing datasets
64

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q192190 · GBIF 5414222