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Araucaria araucana

738Records since 2000
MayPeak month
87Counties with records
EndangeredIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan25
Feb31
Mar46
Apr64
May103
Jun83
Jul99
Aug92
Sep67
Oct71
Nov26
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland65
2Sefton England38
3Oxfordshire England28
4City of Edinburgh Scotland21
5Cornwall England19
6West Dunbartonshire Scotland19
7Surrey England18
8Kent England12
9Norfolk England11
10Worcestershire England11
11Devon England10
12Essex England9
13Cumbria England8
14Perth and Kinross Scotland8
15York England8
176 England53 Scotland3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
738
Peak month
May
Counties with records
87
IUCN Red List
Endangered
Scientific name
Araucaria araucana
Group
Conifers
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,032
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Araucariaceae
Genus
Araucaria
Name with authority
Araucaria araucana (Molina) K.Koch
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158780 · GBIF 2684984