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Scotch Rose

Rosa spinosissima

2,211Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
105Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb12
Mar14
Apr71
May404
Jun451
Jul276
Aug534
Sep286
Oct87
Nov35
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales145
2Cumbria England111
3Cornwall England98
4Sefton England93
5Isle of Anglesey Wales74
6Highland Scotland66
7Swansea Wales56
8Pembrokeshire Wales50
9Argyll and Bute Scotland49
10Halton England48
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland41
12Carmarthenshire Wales40
13City of Edinburgh Scotland35
14Fife Scotland33
15Wirral England31
617 England178 Scotland242 Wales30 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 105 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,211
Peak month
August
Counties with records
105
Scientific name
Rosa spinosissima
Also known as
Burnet Rose
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,641
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rosa
Name with authority
Rosa spinosissima L.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158359 · GBIF 3002333