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Fen Pondweed

Potamogeton coloratus

185Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
14Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar3
Apr6
May14
Jun15
Jul53
Aug72
Sep8
Oct1
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England56
2Argyll and Bute Scotland41
3Cambridgeshire England21
4East Lothian Scotland15
5Doncaster England14
6Isle of Anglesey Wales11
7Suffolk England6
8Pembrokeshire Wales2
9Kent England1
10Oxfordshire England1
11North Yorkshire England1
12Nottinghamshire England1
13Carmarthenshire Wales1
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland1
105 England60 Scotland15 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
185
Peak month
August
Counties with records
14
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Potamogeton coloratus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
502
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Potamogetonaceae
Genus
Potamogeton
Name with authority
Potamogeton coloratus Hornem.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7234629 · GBIF 7289632