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Scots Pine

Pinus sylvestris

7,517Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
112Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan331
Feb279
Mar274
Apr636
May916
Jun756
Jul951
Aug952
Sep572
Oct339
Nov242
Dec159

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England855
2Highland Scotland710
3Aberdeenshire Scotland585
4Sefton England266
5Surrey England190
6Sheffield England144
7Suffolk England127
8Cumbria England126
9Norfolk England124
10Oxfordshire England115
11East Ayrshire Scotland112
12West Berkshire England100
13North Yorkshire England95
14Telford and Wrekin England77
15Fife Scotland75
4,914 England1,808 Scotland100 Wales40 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 112 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,517
Peak month
August
Counties with records
112
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pinus sylvestris
Group
Conifers
NBN Atlas records since 2000
37,275
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Pinus
Name with authority
Pinus sylvestris L.
Contributing datasets
54

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q133128 · GBIF 5285637