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Crested Hair-grass

Koeleria macrantha

1,054Records since 2000
JunePeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar1
Apr42
May62
Jun363
Jul270
Aug159
Sep69
Oct20
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England87
2Cornwall England79
3South Ayrshire Scotland77
4Suffolk England34
5Highland Scotland32
6Dorset England23
7Scottish Borders Scotland21
8Norfolk England14
9Essex England14
10Oxfordshire England13
11Cambridgeshire England12
12Cumbria England12
13Argyll and Bute Scotland12
14Conwy Wales12
15Pembrokeshire Wales10
773 England192 Scotland79 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,054
Peak month
June
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Koeleria macrantha
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,240
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Koeleria
Name with authority
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159962 · GBIF 2705914