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Spear-leaved Orache

Atriplex prostrata

2,790Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
90Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb2
Mar1
Apr25
May87
Jun326
Jul552
Aug761
Sep389
Oct136
Nov24
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England387
2Sefton England132
3Portsmouth England111
4East Riding of Yorkshire England95
5Essex England93
6Halton England87
7Highland Scotland65
8Suffolk England55
9Cambridgeshire England48
10Cornwall England46
11Oxfordshire England36
12Cumbria England35
13Herefordshire, County of England33
14Norfolk England29
15Devon England29
2,423 England165 Scotland66 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 90 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,790
Peak month
August
Counties with records
90
Scientific name
Atriplex prostrata
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
24,273
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Atriplex
Name with authority
Atriplex prostrata DC.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159262 · GBIF 3083786