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Prickly Heath

Gaultheria mucronata

542Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
68Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan23
Feb15
Mar16
Apr46
May62
Jun74
Jul36
Aug42
Sep70
Oct78
Nov55
Dec25

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland44
2Highland Scotland43
3Blackburn with Darwen England28
4Gwynedd Wales19
5City of Edinburgh Scotland15
6Kent England14
7Cumbria England13
8Aberdeen City Scotland12
9Aberdeenshire Scotland10
10Glasgow City Scotland10
11South Lanarkshire Scotland10
12Devon England9
13Sefton England7
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland7
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
110 England46 Scotland6 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
542
Peak month
October
Counties with records
68
Scientific name
Gaultheria mucronata
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
754
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Gaultheria
Name with authority
Gaultheria mucronata (L.fil.) Hook. & Arn.
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7418599