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Bog Pondweed

Potamogeton polygonifolius

2,185Records since 2000
JunePeak month
60Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan19
Feb24
Mar30
Apr59
May157
Jun513
Jul480
Aug284
Sep172
Oct53
Nov22
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland515
2Argyll and Bute Scotland294
3Worcestershire England245
4Cumbria England70
5Swansea Wales67
6Powys Wales58
7Gwynedd Wales55
8Ceredigion Wales55
9Pembrokeshire Wales51
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland40
11Devon England38
12Isle of Anglesey Wales36
13North Yorkshire England35
14Dorset England29
15Sheffield England28
772 England965 Scotland353 Wales31 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,185
Peak month
June
Counties with records
60
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Potamogeton polygonifolius
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
16,038
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Potamogetonaceae
Genus
Potamogeton
Name with authority
Potamogeton polygonifolius Pourr.
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3174654 · GBIF 5301226