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Sessile Oak

Quercus petraea

3,548Records since 2000
MayPeak month
102Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan43
Feb36
Mar55
Apr200
May445
Jun409
Jul441
Aug426
Sep322
Oct200
Nov102
Dec35

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England739
2Powys Wales204
3Gwynedd Wales154
4Dumfries and Galloway Scotland146
5Sheffield England143
6Devon England124
7Cumbria England96
8Highland Scotland76
9Telford and Wrekin England64
10Cornwall England60
11Herefordshire, County of England56
12Argyll and Bute Scotland52
13North Yorkshire England34
14Sefton England33
15Ceredigion Wales32
2,312 England419 Scotland484 Wales28 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 102 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,548
Peak month
May
Counties with records
102
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Quercus petraea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
17,850
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fagales
Family
Fagaceae
Genus
Quercus
Name with authority
Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.
Contributing datasets
48

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158608 · GBIF 2880130