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Yellow bird's-nest

Hypopitys monotropa

225Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May3
Jun45
Jul105
Aug35
Sep19
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland19
2Worcestershire England15
3Norfolk England13
4Oxfordshire England11
5Rutland England11
6Surrey England4
7Stockport England4
8Cumbria England3
9Kent England2
10Highland Scotland2
11Devon England2
12North Yorkshire England2
13West Berkshire England2
14Carmarthenshire Wales2
15Herefordshire, County of England2
163 England12 Scotland14 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
225
Peak month
July
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Hypopitys monotropa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
775
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Hypopitys
Name with authority
Hypopitys monotropa Crantz

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1284518 · GBIF 2888342