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Wych Elm

Ulmus glabra

6,614Records since 2000
MayPeak month
120Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb17
Mar61
Apr585
May1,066
Jun901
Jul703
Aug591
Sep456
Oct333
Nov159
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,547
2Sefton England279
3Highland Scotland256
4Herefordshire, County of England190
5Sheffield England156
6North Yorkshire England134
7Telford and Wrekin England127
8Cumbria England125
9City of Edinburgh Scotland117
10St. Helens England112
11Powys Wales93
12Argyll and Bute Scotland76
13Fife Scotland67
14Halton England66
15North Ayrshire Scotland56
4,810 England853 Scotland251 Wales27 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 120 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,614
Peak month
May
Counties with records
120
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Ulmus glabra
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
34,888
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Ulmaceae
Genus
Ulmus
Name with authority
Ulmus glabra Huds.
Contributing datasets
46

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q147498 · GBIF 5361866