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Western waterweed, Nuttall's waterweed

Elodea nuttallii

12,267Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
86Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan71
Feb33
Mar205
Apr289
May628
Jun846
Jul2,456
Aug3,145
Sep2,750
Oct948
Nov687
Dec121

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England1,330
2Kent England1,158
3Cambridgeshire England926
4Northamptonshire England677
5Powys Wales613
6Nottinghamshire England349
7Somerset England340
8Norfolk England323
9Essex England313
10Cumbria England310
11North Lincolnshire England217
12Peterborough England206
13Surrey England190
14Suffolk England189
15Devon England187
10,997 England16 Scotland1,070 Wales149 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
12,267
Peak month
August
Counties with records
86
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Elodea nuttallii
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
15,675
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Hydrocharitaceae
Genus
Elodea
Name with authority
Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) H.St.John
Contributing datasets
41

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158887 · GBIF 5329212