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Greater Quaking-grass

Briza maxima

627Records since 2000
JunePeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr7
May150
Jun286
Jul101
Aug28
Sep21
Oct11
Nov3
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England73
2Sefton England35
3Devon England34
4Norfolk England25
5Worcestershire England19
6Ceredigion Wales18
7Suffolk England15
8Pembrokeshire Wales13
9Portsmouth England13
10Gwynedd Wales12
11Bury England12
12Dorset England11
13Kent England10
14Plymouth England9
15Surrey England8
343 England4 Scotland51 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
627
Peak month
June
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Briza maxima
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,064
Most recorded in
Cornwall
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Briza
Name with authority
Briza maxima L.
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q140178 · GBIF 2702792