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Perfoliate Pondweed

Potamogeton perfoliatus

384Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
36Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May14
Jun58
Jul106
Aug130
Sep26
Oct1
Nov2
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Monmouthshire Wales64
2Worcestershire England50
3Norfolk England47
4Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland31
5Cambridgeshire England18
6Powys Wales13
7Suffolk England11
8Cumbria England10
9Sefton England6
10Scottish Borders Scotland6
11Dorset England5
12Argyll and Bute Scotland5
13Isle of Anglesey Wales5
14East Riding of Yorkshire England4
15Northamptonshire England4
204 England41 Scotland94 Wales39 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
384
Peak month
August
Counties with records
36
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Potamogeton perfoliatus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,856
Most recorded in
Monmouthshire, Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Potamogetonaceae
Genus
Potamogeton
Name with authority
Potamogeton perfoliatus L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158534 · GBIF 5301200