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Sitka Spruce

Picea sitchensis

11,870Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
67Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2,854
Feb1,417
Mar4,433
Apr331
May398
Jun279
Jul297
Aug213
Sep611
Oct102
Nov397
Dec177

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales9,973
2Highland Scotland438
3Argyll and Bute Scotland313
4Worcestershire England219
5Powys Wales71
6Sheffield England58
7Moray Scotland57
8Shetland Islands —50
9Cumbria England26
10North Ayrshire Scotland26
11Stirling Scotland26
12Perth and Kinross Scotland24
13Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland23
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland21
15Fife Scotland19
511 England1,053 Scotland10,086 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,870
Peak month
March
Counties with records
67
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Picea sitchensis
Group
Conifers
NBN Atlas records since 2000
27,104
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Picea
Name with authority
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carrière
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q147426 · GBIF 5284827