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Grass-wrack Pondweed

Potamogeton compressus

58Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun5
Jul14
Aug17
Sep8
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England12
2Worcestershire England11
3Powys Wales10
4Northamptonshire England5
5Norfolk England1
6Bury England1
7Peterborough England1
8Nottingham England1
44 England7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
58
Peak month
August
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Potamogeton compressus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
186
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Potamogetonaceae
Genus
Potamogeton
Name with authority
Potamogeton compressus L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q625395 · GBIF 7689610