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Western Hemlock

Tsuga heterophylla

531Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
48Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb20
Mar22
Apr67
May54
Jun37
Jul45
Aug58
Sep29
Oct21
Nov22
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England133
2Highland Scotland45
3Argyll and Bute Scotland26
4Norfolk England14
5North Ayrshire Scotland14
6Sheffield England13
7Telford and Wrekin England13
8Devon England12
9Herefordshire, County of England11
10Bracknell Forest England10
11Oxfordshire England8
12Gwynedd Wales6
13East Ayrshire Scotland6
14City of Edinburgh Scotland5
15Cumbria England5
339 England107 Scotland16 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
531
Peak month
April
Counties with records
48
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Tsuga heterophylla
Group
Conifers
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,441
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Tsuga
Name with authority
Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1144409 · GBIF 2687210