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Broad-leaved Pondweed

Potamogeton natans

2,057Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
89Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb5
Mar15
Apr77
May238
Jun328
Jul453
Aug275
Sep173
Oct41
Nov11
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England306
2Suffolk England175
3North Lincolnshire England88
4Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland84
5Doncaster England74
6Norfolk England69
7Highland Scotland67
8Lincolnshire England56
9Argyll and Bute Scotland48
10East Riding of Yorkshire England44
11North Yorkshire England42
12Powys Wales31
13Gwynedd Wales30
14Cumbria England26
15Cambridgeshire England23
1,500 England210 Scotland110 Wales149 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 89 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,057
Peak month
July
Counties with records
89
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Potamogeton natans
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
14,720
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Potamogetonaceae
Genus
Potamogeton
Name with authority
Potamogeton natans L.
Contributing datasets
47

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q370566 · GBIF 5301147