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Rhododendron

Rhododendron ponticum

11,503Records since 2000
MayPeak month
119Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan627
Feb375
Mar958
Apr895
May2,022
Jun1,654
Jul736
Aug693
Sep730
Oct523
Nov581
Dec262

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales2,689
2Sefton England668
3Powys Wales548
4Worcestershire England403
5Highland Scotland360
6Argyll and Bute Scotland355
7St. Helens England316
8Swansea Wales260
9Surrey England190
10Sheffield England153
11Devon England150
12Cornwall England146
13Liverpool England131
14Cumbria England110
15Kirklees England107
4,009 England1,054 Scotland4,299 Wales78 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 119 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,503
Peak month
May
Counties with records
119
Scientific name
Rhododendron ponticum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
27,762
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Rhododendron
Name with authority
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Contributing datasets
61

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q557928 · GBIF 7327990