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Common Saltmarsh-grass

Puccinellia maritima

847Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb4
Mar5
Apr13
May49
Jun139
Jul201
Aug265
Sep104
Oct20
Nov12
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Riding of Yorkshire England96
2Essex England70
3Cumbria England67
4Highland Scotland46
5Falkirk Scotland35
6Lincolnshire England34
7Portsmouth England32
8Argyll and Bute Scotland27
9North Lincolnshire England26
10Suffolk England22
11Cambridgeshire England20
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland15
13Wirral England11
14Norfolk England10
15Sefton England9
627 England159 Scotland42 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
847
Peak month
August
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Puccinellia maritima
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,215
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Puccinellia
Name with authority
Puccinellia maritima (Huds.) Parl.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q28067 · GBIF 2704687