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Wood Forget-me-not

Myosotis sylvatica

4,355Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
106Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb40
Mar220
Apr1,725
May1,038
Jun332
Jul89
Aug62
Sep39
Oct32
Nov12
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England670
2Sefton England267
3Liverpool England118
4Oxfordshire England101
5Highland Scotland95
6North Yorkshire England82
7Sheffield England73
8St. Helens England72
9Suffolk England71
10Norfolk England65
11Telford and Wrekin England63
12Halton England58
13West Berkshire England54
14Herefordshire, County of England51
15Surrey England47
3,778 England208 Scotland34 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 106 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,355
Peak month
April
Counties with records
106
Scientific name
Myosotis sylvatica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
22,214
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Myosotis
Name with authority
Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q149464 · GBIF 5341175