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Annual Beard-grass

Polypogon monspeliensis

407Records since 2000
JunePeak month
36Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar1
Apr0
May31
Jun193
Jul95
Aug38
Sep24
Oct9
Nov3
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England48
2Portsmouth England32
3Suffolk England22
4Cambridgeshire England17
5Northamptonshire England17
6Oxfordshire England10
7Worcestershire England10
8Nottingham England9
9Surrey England8
10York England7
11Dorset England5
12Essex England5
13Thurrock England5
14City of Edinburgh Scotland4
15Sheffield England4
367 England6 Scotland5 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
407
Peak month
June
Counties with records
36
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Polypogon monspeliensis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,568
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Polypogon
Name with authority
Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4298830 · GBIF 5289917