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Blue Fescue

Festuca longifolia

58Records since 2000
MayPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr9
May19
Jun16
Jul6
Aug2
Sep2
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England42
2Suffolk England11
3Cornwall England2
4Norfolk England1
58 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
58
Peak month
May
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Festuca longifolia
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
148
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Festuca
Name with authority
Festuca longifolia Thuill.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15296972 · GBIF 2704952