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Flattened Meadow-grass

Poa compressa

210Records since 2000
JunePeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb2
Mar3
Apr10
May15
Jun46
Jul29
Aug25
Sep9
Oct6
Nov5
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England34
2Gwynedd Wales10
3Cambridgeshire England8
4Cumbria England8
5Powys Wales8
6Herefordshire, County of England8
7Oxfordshire England5
8West Berkshire England5
9Dudley England3
10Suffolk England2
11Surrey England2
12Northamptonshire England2
13Portsmouth England2
14Norfolk England1
15Essex England1
186 England1 Scotland21 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
210
Peak month
June
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Poa compressa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,180
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Poa
Name with authority
Poa compressa L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159258 · GBIF 2704265