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Chinese silvergrass

Miscanthus sinensis

172Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb5
Mar1
Apr1
May2
Jun1
Jul8
Aug23
Sep62
Oct48
Nov9
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales12
2Surrey England9
3Devon England9
4Cambridgeshire England8
5Somerset England6
6Suffolk England5
7Dorset England5
8Norfolk England4
9Kent England4
10Portsmouth England4
11Gloucestershire England3
12Herefordshire, County of England3
13Salford England3
14Oxfordshire England2
15Highland Scotland2
13 England12 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
172
Peak month
September
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Miscanthus sinensis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
103
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Miscanthus
Name with authority
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1073621 · GBIF 2706026