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Branched Bur-reed

Sparganium erectum

5,001Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
104Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb8
Mar11
Apr54
May259
Jun830
Jul1,238
Aug1,182
Sep505
Oct127
Nov18
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England588
2Norfolk England240
3Suffolk England170
4North Lincolnshire England165
5Cambridgeshire England147
6Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland143
7Powys Wales135
8Pembrokeshire Wales121
9Doncaster England119
10Monmouthshire Wales106
11North Yorkshire England103
12Herefordshire, County of England83
13Scottish Borders Scotland75
14Gwynedd Wales69
15Mid Ulster Northern Ireland69
3,368 England331 Scotland773 Wales363 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 104 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,001
Peak month
July
Counties with records
104
Scientific name
Sparganium erectum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
25,436
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Typhaceae
Genus
Sparganium
Name with authority
Sparganium erectum L.
Contributing datasets
53

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7679536