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Spotted-laurel

Aucuba japonica

1,006Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan91
Feb105
Mar154
Apr142
May80
Jun30
Jul54
Aug75
Sep47
Oct68
Nov72
Dec81

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England588
2St. Helens England39
3Halton England36
4Liverpool England24
5Sheffield England16
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland11
7Cornwall England10
8Cheshire East England9
9Wirral England9
10Nottingham England8
11Belfast Northern Ireland7
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland7
13Worcestershire England6
14Warrington England6
15Portsmouth England6
956 England4 Scotland14 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,006
Peak month
March
Counties with records
43
Scientific name
Aucuba japonica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,391
Most recorded in
Sefton
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Garryales
Family
Garryaceae
Genus
Aucuba
Name with authority
Aucuba japonica Thunb.
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163114 · GBIF 3033077