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Shallon

Gaultheria shallon

1,265Records since 2000
JunePeak month
63Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan26
Feb22
Mar26
Apr60
May170
Jun246
Jul188
Aug222
Sep175
Oct61
Nov44
Dec22

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland178
2Surrey England156
3Argyll and Bute Scotland76
4Cornwall England45
5Kent England36
6Devon England28
7Sefton England24
8Perth and Kinross Scotland20
9Cumbria England17
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland17
11Dorset England16
12Gwynedd Wales14
13Wirral England14
14Aberdeen City Scotland12
15Norfolk England11
162 England49 Scotland3 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,265
Peak month
June
Counties with records
63
Scientific name
Gaultheria shallon
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
789
Most recorded in
Highland, Surrey, Argyll and Bute
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Gaultheria
Name with authority
Gaultheria shallon Pursh
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q941600 · GBIF 2882758