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Frogbit

Hydrocharis morsus-ranae

1,205Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
35Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr21
May103
Jun117
Jul292
Aug387
Sep201
Oct21
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England260
2Kent England199
3Somerset England93
4Cambridgeshire England68
5Suffolk England54
6Worcestershire England45
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland33
8Sheffield England16
9Devon England10
10Powys Wales9
11Bristol, City of England8
12Oxfordshire England6
13Lincolnshire England4
14North Yorkshire England4
15Northamptonshire England4
1,113 England5 Scotland35 Wales33 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,205
Peak month
August
Counties with records
35
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,513
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Hydrocharitaceae
Genus
Hydrocharis
Name with authority
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158913 · GBIF 5329266