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Pear

Pyrus communis

1,368Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
103Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb15
Mar27
Apr111
May160
Jun213
Jul228
Aug232
Sep161
Oct88
Nov57
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England40
2Gloucestershire England30
3Cambridgeshire England26
4Essex England23
5Suffolk England19
6Oxfordshire England18
7Herefordshire, County of England18
8Norfolk England17
9Kent England17
10Sefton England16
11North Yorkshire England15
12Sheffield England13
13Devon England12
14Surrey England10
15Liverpool England10
825 England11 Scotland4 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 103 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,368
Peak month
August
Counties with records
103
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pyrus communis
Also known as
Pears
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,382
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Pyrus
Name with authority
Pyrus communis L.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q146281 · GBIF 5362573