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Tree-of-Heaven

Ailanthus altissima

1,067Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb7
Mar3
Apr27
May103
Jun142
Jul229
Aug222
Sep192
Oct87
Nov41
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England31
2Kent England22
3Suffolk England21
4Norfolk England16
5Cambridgeshire England15
6Surrey England14
7Bury England8
8Oxfordshire England7
9Bedford England7
10Monmouthshire Wales6
11Devon England5
12Worcestershire England5
13Portsmouth England5
14Swansea Wales5
15Nottingham England5
875 England1 Scotland14 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,067
Peak month
July
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Ailanthus altissima
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,363
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Simaroubaceae
Genus
Ailanthus
Name with authority
Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159570 · GBIF 3190653