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Annual Meadow-grass

Poa annua

13,548Records since 2000
MayPeak month
120Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan459
Feb216
Mar338
Apr1,369
May1,791
Jun1,727
Jul1,470
Aug1,154
Sep875
Oct544
Nov406
Dec326

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England2,449
2Highland Scotland750
3Sefton England666
4Argyll and Bute Scotland481
5Oxfordshire England343
6Telford and Wrekin England228
7Norfolk England216
8Suffolk England215
9Herefordshire, County of England205
10Essex England191
11Fife Scotland180
12Cumbria England177
13North Yorkshire England174
14Sheffield England173
15West Berkshire England169
10,503 England2,193 Scotland375 Wales38 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 120 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
13,548
Peak month
May
Counties with records
120
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Poa annua
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
75,989
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Poa
Name with authority
Poa annua L.
Contributing datasets
60

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157571 · GBIF 2704179