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Black-grass

Juncus gerardi

1,597Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar3
Apr5
May46
Jun224
Jul237
Aug201
Sep165
Oct675
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales227
2Gwynedd Wales162
3Swansea Wales115
4Argyll and Bute Scotland76
5Isle of Anglesey Wales73
6Cumbria England69
7Portsmouth England59
8Essex England58
9Highland Scotland52
10Pembrokeshire Wales46
11Powys Wales40
12Suffolk England39
13Cambridgeshire England28
14Norfolk England26
15Fife Scotland18
558 England255 Scotland761 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,597
Peak month
October
Counties with records
44
Scientific name
Juncus gerardi
Group
Flowering plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Juncus
Name with authority
Juncus gerardi Loisel.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 6413621