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Western Red-cedar

Thuja plicata

819Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
64Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan101
Feb86
Mar48
Apr70
May88
Jun36
Jul52
Aug42
Sep56
Oct42
Nov56
Dec35

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England121
2Highland Scotland44
3Oxfordshire England39
4West Berkshire England22
5Gloucestershire England20
6Norfolk England18
7Herefordshire, County of England17
8Devon England12
9Bracknell Forest England12
10Surrey England11
11Suffolk England10
12Cumbria England7
13City of Edinburgh Scotland6
14Argyll and Bute Scotland6
15Cornwall England5
581 England54 Scotland4 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 64 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
819
Peak month
January
Counties with records
64
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Thuja plicata
Group
Conifers
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,344
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Thuja
Name with authority
Thuja plicata Donn ex D.Don
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q147417 · GBIF 2684171