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Fine-leaved Sheep's-fescue

Festuca filiformis

323Records since 2000
JunePeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May36
Jun144
Jul71
Aug39
Sep4
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland160
2Midlothian Scotland19
3Suffolk England17
4Dorset England8
5Argyll and Bute Scotland7
6Norfolk England6
7Worcestershire England4
8Fife Scotland4
9Scottish Borders Scotland4
10Surrey England2
11Cumbria England2
12Oxfordshire England1
13North Yorkshire England1
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
102 England195 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
323
Peak month
June
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Festuca filiformis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,596
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Festuca
Name with authority
Festuca filiformis Pourr.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5445877 · GBIF 2705011