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Bearded Couch

Elymus caninus

942Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
46Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb7
Mar7
Apr14
May21
Jun116
Jul194
Aug142
Sep63
Oct33
Nov9
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England323
2Herefordshire, County of England45
3North Yorkshire England23
4Gloucestershire England21
5Oxfordshire England14
6Surrey England12
7Sheffield England11
8Northamptonshire England10
9Telford and Wrekin England10
10Highland Scotland8
11Powys Wales7
12West Berkshire England6
13Perth and Kinross Scotland6
14Cumbria England5
15Rutland England5
872 England37 Scotland11 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 46 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
942
Peak month
July
Counties with records
46
Scientific name
Elymus caninus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,081
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Elymus
Name with authority
Elymus caninus (L.) L.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1518854 · GBIF 5290319