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Osier

Salix viminalis

2,328Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
100Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb6
Mar15
Apr159
May215
Jun308
Jul383
Aug397
Sep270
Oct193
Nov47
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England230
2Sefton England202
3Norfolk England60
4St. Helens England57
5Highland Scotland50
6Halton England45
7Liverpool England41
8Cambridgeshire England40
9Suffolk England33
10Telford and Wrekin England29
11Oxfordshire England26
12Cornwall England21
13Herefordshire, County of England21
14Rotherham England20
15North Yorkshire England19
1,970 England167 Scotland31 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 100 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,328
Peak month
August
Counties with records
100
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Salix viminalis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
18,294
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Salicaceae
Genus
Salix
Name with authority
Salix viminalis L.
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158590 · GBIF 5372933