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Mistletoe

Viscum album

6,276Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1,089
Feb867
Mar1,001
Apr582
May203
Jun140
Jul124
Aug147
Sep124
Oct246
Nov728
Dec760

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England425
2Herefordshire, County of England328
3Gloucestershire England289
4Oxfordshire England113
5Cambridgeshire England105
6Essex England102
7Suffolk England89
8Sheffield England85
9Surrey England78
10Norfolk England73
11Powys Wales46
12Sefton England38
13Somerset England34
14Kent England22
15Cumbria England22
5,996 England14 Scotland76 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,276
Peak month
January
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Viscum album
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,537
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Santalales
Family
Viscaceae
Genus
Viscum
Name with authority
Viscum album L.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q144940 · GBIF 2889828