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Acorus calamus

509Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
38Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr8
May54
Jun88
Jul122
Aug113
Sep89
Oct4
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England41
2Nottinghamshire England40
3Powys Wales34
4Norfolk England31
5Cambridgeshire England25
6Surrey England20
7Bedford England11
8Suffolk England10
9Warrington England9
10Oxfordshire England7
11Essex England7
12Northamptonshire England7
13Kingston upon Hull, City of England6
14Scottish Borders Scotland5
15Cumbria England4
455 England6 Scotland38 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
509
Peak month
July
Counties with records
38
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Acorus calamus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,215
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Acorales
Family
Acoraceae
Genus
Acorus
Name with authority
Acorus calamus L.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158008 · GBIF 2873769