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Japanese Quince

Chaenomeles japonica

611Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
91Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb12
Mar31
Apr49
May29
Jun28
Jul27
Aug75
Sep199
Oct122
Nov27
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England23
2Devon England15
3Essex England14
4Kent England13
5Somerset England12
6Cumbria England12
7Norfolk England11
8Cornwall England11
9Sefton England10
10Suffolk England9
11Worcestershire England9
12Gloucestershire England9
13City of Edinburgh Scotland9
14Oxfordshire England8
15Cambridgeshire England7
22 England2 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
611
Peak month
September
Counties with records
91
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Chaenomeles japonica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
178
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Chaenomeles
Name with authority
Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach
Contributing datasets
7

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158037 · GBIF 3000610