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European beachgrass

Calamagrostis arenaria

1,643Records since 2000
JunePeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan21
Feb12
Mar33
Apr89
May152
Jun414
Jul372
Aug251
Sep142
Oct41
Nov57
Dec28

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England325
2Cumbria England129
3East Lothian Scotland92
4Highland Scotland85
5Gwynedd Wales76
6Norfolk England62
7Devon England58
8Cambridgeshire England53
9Suffolk England50
10Lincolnshire England32
11North Ayrshire Scotland31
12Portsmouth England27
13Isle of Anglesey Wales26
14Argyll and Bute Scotland24
15Fife Scotland20
1,085 England328 Scotland162 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,643
Peak month
June
Counties with records
48
Scientific name
Calamagrostis arenaria
Group
Flowering plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Calamagrostis
Name with authority
Calamagrostis arenaria (L.) Roth
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q65932159 · GBIF 4126489