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Water Fern, Fairy moss

Azolla filiculoides

1,775Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan26
Feb28
Mar104
Apr76
May121
Jun112
Jul262
Aug249
Sep310
Oct247
Nov168
Dec36

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England175
2Cambridgeshire England167
3Kent England157
4Norfolk England101
5Northamptonshire England100
6West Berkshire England68
7Nottinghamshire England55
8Suffolk England41
9Peterborough England38
10Somerset England33
11Worcestershire England25
12Essex England20
13Surrey England18
14Doncaster England18
15Bedford England18
1,597 England10 Scotland114 Wales35 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,775
Peak month
September
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Azolla filiculoides
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,813
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Salviniales
Family
Salviniaceae
Genus
Azolla
Name with authority
Azolla filiculoides Lam.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2705087 · GBIF 2650107