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Water Bent

Polypogon viridis

1,207Records since 2000
JunePeak month
61Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan39
Feb22
Mar8
Apr18
May143
Jun270
Jul185
Aug141
Sep122
Oct89
Nov75
Dec60

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England142
2Portsmouth England54
3Worcestershire England45
4Norfolk England34
5North Tyneside England24
6Oxfordshire England21
7City of Edinburgh Scotland20
8Northamptonshire England18
9Sheffield England18
10York England17
11Isle of Anglesey Wales17
12Nottingham England16
13Surrey England13
14North Yorkshire England13
15Kingston upon Hull, City of England13
1,124 England30 Scotland34 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,207
Peak month
June
Counties with records
61
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Polypogon viridis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,130
Most recorded in
Sefton, Portsmouth
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Polypogon
Name with authority
Polypogon viridis (Gouan) Breistr.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3395764 · GBIF 5289919