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Japanese Knotweed

Reynoutria japonica

30,167Records since 2000
JunePeak month
127Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan328
Feb337
Mar491
Apr2,094
May3,854
Jun4,131
Jul3,953
Aug3,818
Sep4,024
Oct2,743
Nov960
Dec862

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales2,788
2Powys Wales1,653
3Swansea Wales852
4Nottinghamshire England750
5Sheffield England548
6Scottish Borders Scotland529
7Cornwall England493
8Sefton England484
9Kirklees England428
10Monmouthshire Wales384
11Calderdale England349
12Highland Scotland326
13Worcestershire England322
14Devon England313
15Conwy Wales298
13,944 England2,631 Scotland11,992 Wales727 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
30,167
Peak month
June
Counties with records
127
Scientific name
Reynoutria japonica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
66,930
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Reynoutria
Name with authority
Reynoutria japonica Houtt.
Contributing datasets
73

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18421053 · GBIF 2889173