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Potato

Solanum tuberosum

347Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar0
Apr7
May9
Jun63
Jul96
Aug62
Sep48
Oct13
Nov6
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland38
2Worcestershire England28
3Sefton England13
4Oxfordshire England12
5Shetland Islands —12
6Halton England12
7Cambridgeshire England10
8Suffolk England10
9Surrey England10
10Norfolk England8
11Dudley England6
12North Yorkshire England5
13Herefordshire, County of England4
14Telford and Wrekin England4
15Essex England3
266 England65 Scotland4 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
347
Peak month
July
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Solanum tuberosum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,169
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum
Name with authority
Solanum tuberosum L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10998 · GBIF 2930262