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Portugal Laurel

Prunus lusitanica

3,862Records since 2000
JunePeak month
116Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan153
Feb157
Mar257
Apr296
May353
Jun583
Jul413
Aug421
Sep454
Oct348
Nov257
Dec116

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England136
2Cambridgeshire England102
3Kent England101
4Sefton England87
5Essex England84
6Suffolk England79
7Oxfordshire England76
8Worcestershire England71
9Gloucestershire England70
10Norfolk England60
11North Yorkshire England53
12Somerset England52
13Devon England50
14Lincolnshire England49
15Northamptonshire England37
520 England19 Scotland68 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 116 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,862
Peak month
June
Counties with records
116
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Prunus lusitanica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,971
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus
Name with authority
Prunus lusitanica L.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1969110 · GBIF 3020871