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Water-soldier

Stratiotes aloides

342Records since 2000
JunePeak month
32Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb1
Mar13
Apr15
May29
Jun74
Jul66
Aug68
Sep16
Oct17
Nov14
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England87
2Worcestershire England20
3Liverpool England18
4Suffolk England14
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland14
6Sefton England11
7East Riding of Yorkshire England9
8Powys Wales7
9North Yorkshire England6
10Warrington England6
11Doncaster England5
12Cambridgeshire England4
13Northamptonshire England4
14Peterborough England4
15Bedford England3
283 England2 Scotland12 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
342
Peak month
June
Counties with records
32
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Stratiotes aloides
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,237
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Hydrocharitaceae
Genus
Stratiotes
Name with authority
Stratiotes aloides L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q162030 · GBIF 5329192