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Wayfaring Tree

Viburnum lantana

5,181Records since 2000
MayPeak month
100Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb16
Mar63
Apr958
May1,038
Jun576
Jul930
Aug902
Sep327
Oct185
Nov82
Dec38

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England283
2Oxfordshire England257
3Surrey England221
4Cambridgeshire England210
5Dorset England149
6Gloucestershire England97
7Somerset England93
8Essex England86
9Sefton England76
10West Berkshire England74
11Brighton and Hove England73
12Norfolk England63
13Suffolk England63
14Devon England60
15Northamptonshire England60
1,934 England16 Scotland32 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 100 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,181
Peak month
May
Counties with records
100
Scientific name
Viburnum lantana
Also known as
Wayfaring-tree
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,071
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Dipsacales
Family
Viburnaceae
Genus
Viburnum
Name with authority
Viburnum lantana L.
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158508 · GBIF 2888615