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Rowan

Sorbus aucuparia

21,307Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
125Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan117
Feb104
Mar227
Apr2,125
May3,195
Jun2,656
Jul3,250
Aug3,693
Sep2,213
Oct1,018
Nov356
Dec81

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,777
2Worcestershire England1,757
3Sheffield England789
4Argyll and Bute Scotland760
5Sefton England662
6Aberdeenshire Scotland550
7Devon England339
8Powys Wales330
9North Yorkshire England320
10Cumbria England298
11Surrey England259
12Norfolk England251
13Calderdale England246
14Liverpool England222
15Kirklees England214
11,957 England4,213 Scotland593 Wales87 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
21,307
Peak month
August
Counties with records
125
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Sorbus aucuparia
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
59,792
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Sorbus
Name with authority
Sorbus aucuparia L.
Contributing datasets
62

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q146198 · GBIF 3012167