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Wood vetch

Vicia sylvatica

284Records since 2000
JunePeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr8
May22
Jun81
Jul65
Aug29
Sep10
Oct5
Nov1
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England73
2Herefordshire, County of England22
3North Yorkshire England21
4Devon England20
5Scottish Borders Scotland17
6Cumbria England13
7Highland Scotland12
8Perth and Kinross Scotland11
9Northamptonshire England7
10Argyll and Bute Scotland6
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland6
12East Lothian Scotland6
13Gloucestershire England5
14City of Edinburgh Scotland5
15South Ayrshire Scotland4
166 England67 Scotland1 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
284
Peak month
June
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Vicia sylvatica
Group
Flowering plants
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Vicia
Name with authority
Vicia sylvatica L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159755 · GBIF 2974793