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Cockspur [grass]

Echinochloa crus-galli

778Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
42Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr0
May1
Jun9
Jul99
Aug285
Sep228
Oct97
Nov30
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England73
2Portsmouth England58
3Worcestershire England32
4Suffolk England28
5Kent England21
6Essex England21
7Surrey England16
8Sefton England14
9Oxfordshire England12
10York England9
11Northamptonshire England8
12Cambridgeshire England7
13Herefordshire, County of England6
14Sheffield England5
15Nottingham England5
750 England2 Scotland5 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
778
Peak month
August
Counties with records
42
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Echinochloa crus-galli
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,256
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Portsmouth
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Echinochloa
Name with authority
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163527 · GBIF 2702808