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Dwarf Eel-grass

Zostera noltii

1,892Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
23Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan53
Feb0
Mar2
Apr22
May152
Jun15
Jul364
Aug630
Sep600
Oct12
Nov4
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England279
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland155
3Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland115
4Norfolk England97
5Gwynedd Wales91
6Cambridgeshire England67
7Pembrokeshire Wales33
8Highland Scotland28
9Argyll and Bute Scotland13
10North Ayrshire Scotland12
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
12Cornwall England4
13Essex England3
14Portsmouth England3
15Swansea Wales3
610 England109 Scotland484 Wales626 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,892
Peak month
August
Counties with records
23
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Zostera noltii
Group
Flowering plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Zosteraceae
Genus
Zostera
Name with authority
Zostera noltii Hornem.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3576134 · GBIF 2863938