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Lime

Tilia europaea

909Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb2
Mar3
Apr80
May62
Jun51
Jul43
Aug130
Sep72
Oct62
Nov23
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England273
2Sefton England171
3Telford and Wrekin England49
4Halton England31
5Liverpool England17
6St. Helens England11
7North Yorkshire England7
8Argyll and Bute Scotland5
9Portsmouth England5
10Cumbria England4
11Powys Wales4
12Perth and Kinross Scotland4
13Warrington England4
14North Ayrshire Scotland4
15South Lanarkshire Scotland4
623 England24 Scotland4 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
909
Peak month
August
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Tilia europaea
Group
Flowering plants
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Sefton
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Tilia
Name with authority
Tilia ×europaea L.
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163760 · GBIF 3152046