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Sweet Chestnut

Castanea sativa

7,703Records since 2000
JunePeak month
116Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan61
Feb80
Mar133
Apr394
May918
Jun1,186
Jul1,173
Aug1,053
Sep940
Oct819
Nov321
Dec72

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England654
2Worcestershire England528
3Norfolk England236
4Surrey England210
5Kent England209
6Essex England208
7Sheffield England201
8Devon England184
9Suffolk England161
10Herefordshire, County of England156
11Cornwall England121
12Telford and Wrekin England72
13St. Helens England71
14Oxfordshire England66
15Gwynedd Wales56
5,573 England133 Scotland167 Wales30 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 116 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,703
Peak month
June
Counties with records
116
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Castanea sativa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
20,468
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fagales
Family
Fagaceae
Genus
Castanea
Name with authority
Castanea sativa Mill.
Contributing datasets
41

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q22699 · GBIF 5333294