The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1789
Latest year: 2007

County Status
Native

Family
Potamogetonaceae

Total records held
389

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 171	198
Tetrads: 151	172
Hectads: 35	36

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Mar 21 2004

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Broad-leaved Pondweed is a native aquatic perennial with floating leaves that occurs on a wide range of still and slowly flowing waters including ponds lakes and rivers. It is recorded occasionally throughout our area from Hague Bar (SJ9885) and Upper Derwent (SK1889) in the north, through Mininglow Pit (SK2057) and Cromford Canal (SK3056), to Bretby Ponds (SK2922) and Forbes Hole (SK4932) in the south. It is our commonest Pondweed.