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Wood Spurge

Euphorbia amygdaloides

2,898Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
103Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan61
Feb121
Mar390
Apr694
May582
Jun291
Jul173
Aug156
Sep117
Oct82
Nov30
Dec53

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England181
2Herefordshire, County of England146
3Kent England87
4Gloucestershire England81
5Oxfordshire England72
6Surrey England72
7Devon England72
8Essex England57
9Suffolk England53
10Sefton England48
11Dorset England37
12West Berkshire England34
13Norfolk England29
14Bristol, City of England26
15Bath and North East Somerset England22
2,054 England17 Scotland29 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 103 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,898
Peak month
April
Counties with records
103
Scientific name
Euphorbia amygdaloides
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,643
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Euphorbia
Name with authority
Euphorbia amygdaloides L.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q149367 · GBIF 3065239