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Common Reed

Phragmites australis

10,169Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
112Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan225
Feb258
Mar306
Apr636
May746
Jun1,225
Jul1,928
Aug2,395
Sep1,039
Oct451
Nov202
Dec170

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England1,591
2Cambridgeshire England793
3Sefton England590
4Doncaster England308
5Suffolk England285
6North Lincolnshire England260
7Essex England233
8Halton England205
9Worcestershire England187
10East Riding of Yorkshire England185
11Lincolnshire England169
12North Yorkshire England144
13Nottinghamshire England133
14Oxfordshire England129
15Isle of Anglesey Wales120
8,178 England452 Scotland601 Wales125 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 112 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,169
Peak month
August
Counties with records
112
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Phragmites australis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
28,226
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Phragmites
Name with authority
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Contributing datasets
58

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q28557 · GBIF 5290149