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Medlar

Mespilus germanica

302Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
47Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr15
May26
Jun23
Jul39
Aug57
Sep65
Oct60
Nov15
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England13
2Cambridgeshire England12
3Devon England11
4Norfolk England10
5Essex England8
6North Yorkshire England8
7Somerset England8
8Oxfordshire England7
9Lincolnshire England7
10Gloucestershire England7
11Suffolk England6
12Cornwall England6
13Surrey England5
14Northamptonshire England5
15Bath and North East Somerset England5
88 England5 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
302
Peak month
September
Counties with records
47
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Mespilus germanica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
334
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Mespilus
Name with authority
Mespilus germanica L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q146186 · GBIF 3031774