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Black Bent

Agrostis gigantea

637Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May10
Jun50
Jul106
Aug113
Sep31
Oct8
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England241
2Telford and Wrekin England22
3Surrey England17
4Norfolk England16
5Suffolk England16
6Herefordshire, County of England14
7Cambridgeshire England12
8Kent England11
9Cornwall England8
10Sefton England7
11Devon England6
12Dudley England5
13Gloucestershire England4
14Oxfordshire England3
15Essex England3
616 England5 Scotland8 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
637
Peak month
August
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Agrostis gigantea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,667
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Agrostis
Name with authority
Agrostis gigantea Roth
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27835 · GBIF 2706541