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Purple Willow

Salix purpurea

257Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
45Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar4
Apr19
May26
Jun33
Jul39
Aug38
Sep27
Oct16
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England38
2Sefton England12
3Norfolk England10
4Surrey England8
5Cambridgeshire England6
6Cumbria England6
7Argyll and Bute Scotland5
8Perth and Kinross Scotland5
9Oxfordshire England4
10Highland Scotland4
11Dundee City Scotland4
12Cornwall England3
13Aberdeenshire Scotland3
14Telford and Wrekin England3
15Suffolk England2
162 England27 Scotland2 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
257
Peak month
July
Counties with records
45
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Salix purpurea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,513
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Salicaceae
Genus
Salix
Name with authority
Salix purpurea L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q39708 · GBIF 5372800