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Silver Birch

Betula pendula

13,123Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
120Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan229
Feb278
Mar346
Apr1,080
May1,367
Jun1,630
Jul1,734
Aug1,835
Sep1,513
Oct849
Nov360
Dec138

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,601
2Sefton England398
3Sheffield England264
4Herefordshire, County of England230
5Suffolk England221
6Oxfordshire England208
7Essex England199
8Telford and Wrekin England188
9Norfolk England187
10Surrey England157
11Highland Scotland149
12Cambridgeshire England148
13North Yorkshire England136
14West Berkshire England127
15Liverpool England119
11,591 England763 Scotland191 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 120 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
13,123
Peak month
August
Counties with records
120
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Betula pendula
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
49,085
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fagales
Family
Betulaceae
Genus
Betula
Name with authority
Betula pendula Roth
Contributing datasets
58

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q156895 · GBIF 5331916