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Alternate Water-milfoil

Myriophyllum alterniflorum

646Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
35Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr3
May21
Jun114
Jul148
Aug184
Sep122
Oct6
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales93
2Highland Scotland82
3Pembrokeshire Wales67
4Powys Wales50
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland35
6Scottish Borders Scotland34
7Cumbria England32
8Argyll and Bute Scotland28
9Denbighshire Wales25
10Ceredigion Wales24
11Carmarthenshire Wales24
12Worcestershire England15
13Monmouthshire Wales14
14Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland12
15Wrexham Wales10
69 England164 Scotland323 Wales73 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
646
Peak month
August
Counties with records
35
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Myriophyllum alterniflorum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,620
Most recorded in
Gwynedd, Highland, Pembrokeshire, Powys
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Saxifragales
Family
Haloragaceae
Genus
Myriophyllum
Name with authority
Myriophyllum alterniflorum DC.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159571 · GBIF 5361773