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Black-grass

Alopecurus myosuroides

1,086Records since 2000
JunePeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr24
May245
Jun328
Jul252
Aug125
Sep28
Oct12
Nov4
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England103
2Cambridgeshire England77
3Suffolk England57
4Essex England57
5Worcestershire England34
6West Berkshire England30
7Gloucestershire England28
8East Riding of Yorkshire England24
9Northamptonshire England24
10Norfolk England19
11Nottinghamshire England16
12North Yorkshire England13
13Herefordshire, County of England13
14Lincolnshire England10
15Somerset England8
1,066 England5 Scotland3 Wales

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
1,086
Peak month
June
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Alopecurus myosuroides
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,028
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Alopecurus
Name with authority
Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158109 · GBIF 5290097