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Water Horsetail

Equisetum fluviatile

3,492Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
94Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb4
Mar13
Apr157
May427
Jun703
Jul847
Aug525
Sep267
Oct50
Nov12
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England341
2Highland Scotland229
3Pembrokeshire Wales215
4Argyll and Bute Scotland181
5Norfolk England150
6Powys Wales135
7Isle of Anglesey Wales135
8Gwynedd Wales127
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland108
10Ceredigion Wales75
11South Lanarkshire Scotland75
12Cumbria England72
13Fife Scotland51
14Glasgow City Scotland49
15Cornwall England48
1,429 England989 Scotland828 Wales153 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 94 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,492
Peak month
July
Counties with records
94
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Equisetum fluviatile
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
20,186
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Equisetales
Family
Equisetaceae
Genus
Equisetum
Name with authority
Equisetum fluviatile L.
Contributing datasets
53

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q948839 · GBIF 2687937