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Heath-grass

Danthonia decumbens

2,571Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb2
Mar3
Apr17
May117
Jun502
Jul644
Aug424
Sep205
Oct41
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England413
2Highland Scotland221
3Pembrokeshire Wales137
4South Ayrshire Scotland132
5Cornwall England117
6Argyll and Bute Scotland115
7Powys Wales102
8North Yorkshire England101
9Devon England95
10Ceredigion Wales80
11Cumbria England59
12Herefordshire, County of England59
13Swansea Wales31
14Perth and Kinross Scotland29
15Carmarthenshire Wales23
1,423 England594 Scotland505 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,571
Peak month
July
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Danthonia decumbens
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
17,701
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Danthonia
Name with authority
Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC.
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1258229 · GBIF 2703250