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Sycamore [tree]

Acer pseudoplatanus

34,632Records since 2000
MayPeak month
126Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan371
Feb412
Mar921
Apr4,569
May5,037
Jun4,701
Jul4,266
Aug4,381
Sep3,274
Oct2,206
Nov972
Dec328

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England3,048
2Worcestershire England2,798
3Liverpool England917
4St. Helens England886
5Sheffield England761
6Powys Wales488
7Halton England480
8Devon England450
9North Yorkshire England444
10Norfolk England435
11Oxfordshire England393
12Highland Scotland382
13Cumbria England363
14Surrey England362
15Suffolk England360
27,563 England2,373 Scotland1,188 Wales148 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
34,632
Peak month
May
Counties with records
126
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Acer pseudoplatanus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
84,334
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Sapindaceae
Genus
Acer
Name with authority
Acer pseudoplatanus L.
Contributing datasets
67

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q156944 · GBIF 3189870