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Agrostis capillaris

15,749Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
114Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan47
Feb122
Mar226
Apr336
May1,271
Jun2,328
Jul3,835
Aug2,407
Sep1,253
Oct396
Nov124
Dec52

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England2,514
2Highland Scotland1,290
3Cumbria England464
4North Yorkshire England458
5Powys Wales417
6Herefordshire, County of England405
7Perth and Kinross Scotland373
8Scottish Borders Scotland316
9Argyll and Bute Scotland274
10Devon England269
11Pembrokeshire Wales239
12Oxfordshire England215
13Ceredigion Wales198
14Sefton England185
15Telford and Wrekin England184
10,571 England3,418 Scotland1,353 Wales41 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 114 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
15,749
Peak month
July
Counties with records
114
Scientific name
Agrostis capillaris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
67,777
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Agrostis
Name with authority
Agrostis capillaris L.
Contributing datasets
63

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159717 · GBIF 2706490