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Common knotweed

Polygonum arenastrum

1,210Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar0
Apr0
May8
Jun78
Jul182
Aug322
Sep227
Oct100
Nov7
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England241
2Oxfordshire England83
3Essex England48
4Herefordshire, County of England30
5West Berkshire England27
6Dudley England21
7Portsmouth England20
8Telford and Wrekin England19
9North Tyneside England17
10Highland Scotland13
11Surrey England12
12Cambridgeshire England11
13Norfolk England11
14Sefton England11
15Argyll and Bute Scotland11
1,133 England42 Scotland13 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,210
Peak month
August
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Polygonum arenastrum
Also known as
Equal-leaved Knotgrass
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
18,557
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Oxfordshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Polygonum
Name with authority
Polygonum arenastrum Boreau
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4280447 · GBIF 5334294