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Mare's-tail

Hippuris vulgaris

766Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
79Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb6
Mar6
Apr38
May117
Jun150
Jul164
Aug148
Sep47
Oct18
Nov6
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England78
2Cambridgeshire England65
3Norfolk England62
4Highland Scotland40
5North Yorkshire England21
6East Riding of Yorkshire England17
7Argyll and Bute Scotland16
8East Lothian Scotland16
9Orkney Islands Scotland16
10North Lincolnshire England13
11North Ayrshire Scotland11
12Gloucestershire England10
13Cumbria England9
14York England8
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland8
509 England154 Scotland10 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 79 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
766
Peak month
July
Counties with records
79
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Hippuris vulgaris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,085
Most recorded in
Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Hippuris
Name with authority
Hippuris vulgaris L.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q33115 · GBIF 5372503