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Hornbeam

Carpinus betulus

5,848Records since 2000
MayPeak month
117Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan31
Feb64
Mar161
Apr973
May1,152
Jun782
Jul581
Aug614
Sep539
Oct458
Nov180
Dec76

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England384
2Essex England315
3Worcestershire England244
4Suffolk England239
5Kent England146
6Surrey England117
7Oxfordshire England110
8Norfolk England90
9Herefordshire, County of England66
10Liverpool England60
11Devon England58
12Cambridgeshire England57
13Northamptonshire England56
14Sheffield England53
15Cornwall England49
4,255 England72 Scotland65 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,848
Peak month
May
Counties with records
117
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carpinus betulus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
17,966
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fagales
Family
Betulaceae
Genus
Carpinus
Name with authority
Carpinus betulus L.
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158776 · GBIF 2875818