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Heath False-brome

Brachypodium pinnatum

840Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
33Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr18
May105
Jun233
Jul240
Aug140
Sep53
Oct7
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England63
2Gloucestershire England45
3Dorset England41
4Oxfordshire England37
5Rutland England32
6North Yorkshire England26
7Kent England16
8West Berkshire England16
9Cambridgeshire England14
10Lincolnshire England12
11Surrey England9
12Doncaster England7
13Worcestershire England6
14Peterborough England6
15Herefordshire, County of England5
832 England2 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
840
Peak month
July
Counties with records
33
Scientific name
Brachypodium pinnatum
Also known as
Heath False-bromes
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,016
Most recorded in
Somerset
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Brachypodium
Name with authority
Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) P.Beauv.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1642054 · GBIF 5290142