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Spiked Water-milfoil

Myriophyllum spicatum

805Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
58Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar3
Apr13
May38
Jun138
Jul146
Aug274
Sep59
Oct9
Nov4
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales100
2Monmouthshire Wales76
3Worcestershire England68
4Norfolk England65
5Angus Scotland55
6Cambridgeshire England48
7Suffolk England27
8Powys Wales25
9East Riding of Yorkshire England22
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland20
11Telford and Wrekin England10
12Herefordshire, County of England9
13Surrey England8
14Northamptonshire England8
15North Lincolnshire England8
431 England73 Scotland229 Wales49 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
805
Peak month
August
Counties with records
58
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Myriophyllum spicatum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,763
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Saxifragales
Family
Haloragaceae
Genus
Myriophyllum
Name with authority
Myriophyllum spicatum L.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158130 · GBIF 5361760