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Marsh Ragwort

Jacobaea aquatica

1,781Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb2
Mar7
Apr12
May122
Jun289
Jul449
Aug342
Sep167
Oct62
Nov7
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England259
2Argyll and Bute Scotland166
3Highland Scotland113
4Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland72
5Powys Wales62
6Pembrokeshire Wales51
7Cumbria England46
8Devon England42
9Gwynedd Wales39
10Cornwall England33
11Norfolk England31
12Somerset England24
13Scottish Borders Scotland22
14Ceredigion Wales20
15North Yorkshire England17
969 England433 Scotland224 Wales81 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,781
Peak month
July
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Jacobaea aquatica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,594
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Jacobaea
Name with authority
Jacobaea aquatica (Hill) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8340600