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Horse-radish

Armoracia rusticana

2,856Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
96Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr177
May382
Jun508
Jul593
Aug582
Sep274
Oct110
Nov22
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England190
2Worcestershire England155
3Cambridgeshire England117
4Essex England106
5Norfolk England84
6Oxfordshire England72
7Suffolk England60
8Surrey England45
9Telford and Wrekin England45
10Kent England39
11Lincolnshire England36
12Portsmouth England36
13York England27
14Gloucestershire England23
15Dudley England23
1,849 England8 Scotland19 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 96 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,856
Peak month
July
Counties with records
96
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Armoracia rusticana
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,854
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Armoracia
Name with authority
Armoracia rusticana P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26545 · GBIF 3041022