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Deergrass

Trichophorum cespitosum

3,568Records since 2000
JunePeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb3
Mar40
Apr61
May425
Jun1,024
Jul807
Aug486
Sep277
Oct134
Nov1
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,857
2Argyll and Bute Scotland306
3Perth and Kinross Scotland225
4Powys Wales103
5Stirling Scotland88
6Cumbria England83
7Carmarthenshire Wales74
8North Ayrshire Scotland62
9Moray Scotland52
10Ceredigion Wales51
11Aberdeenshire Scotland47
12Worcestershire England44
13South Ayrshire Scotland41
14North Yorkshire England37
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland37
314 England2,831 Scotland266 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,568
Peak month
June
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Trichophorum cespitosum
Also known as
Northern Deergrass
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
16,886
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Trichophorum
Name with authority
Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartm.
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161310 · GBIF 2710592