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Mezereon

Daphne mezereum

161Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
29Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb11
Mar61
Apr31
May15
Jun14
Jul16
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England13
2North Yorkshire England12
3Cumbria England11
4Highland Scotland6
5Aberdeenshire Scotland5
6Worcestershire England4
7Herefordshire, County of England4
8West Lothian Scotland4
9Oxfordshire England3
10Suffolk England2
11Essex England2
12Lincolnshire England2
13Perth and Kinross Scotland2
14Scottish Borders Scotland2
15Sheffield England2
68 England1 Scotland1 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
161
Peak month
March
Counties with records
29
Scientific name
Daphne mezereum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
217
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Thymelaeaceae
Genus
Daphne
Name with authority
Daphne mezereum L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q165166 · GBIF 5420852