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Western Gorse

Ulex gallii

2,129Records since 2000
JunePeak month
47Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan20
Feb10
Mar29
Apr55
May183
Jun266
Jul256
Aug264
Sep144
Oct48
Nov22
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England729
2Devon England213
3Pembrokeshire Wales181
4Cornwall England155
5Powys Wales104
6Ceredigion Wales64
7Sheffield England59
8Herefordshire, County of England50
9Suffolk England39
10Gwynedd Wales37
11Norfolk England32
12Swansea Wales29
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland20
14Cumbria England18
15Somerset England16
1,473 England8 Scotland487 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,129
Peak month
June
Counties with records
47
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ulex gallii
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,188
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Ulex
Name with authority
Ulex gallii Planch.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q793676 · GBIF 2951998