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Wood Bitter-vetch

Vicia orobus

102Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
9Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar3
Apr1
May6
Jun32
Jul42
Aug7
Sep8
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales77
2Cumbria England4
3Gwynedd Wales4
4Somerset England3
5Ceredigion Wales3
6Herefordshire, County of England3
7Cornwall England1
8North Yorkshire England1
9Argyll and Bute Scotland1
11 England2 Scotland83 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
102
Peak month
July
Counties with records
9
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Vicia orobus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
495
Most recorded in
Powys
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Vicia
Name with authority
Vicia orobus DC.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159825 · GBIF 2975152