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Lyme-grass [plant]

Leymus arenarius

847Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
50Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb5
Mar4
Apr76
May86
Jun161
Jul204
Aug158
Sep82
Oct23
Nov14
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England164
2Highland Scotland104
3Cambridgeshire England43
4Cumbria England43
5Norfolk England28
6East Lothian Scotland27
7Portsmouth England20
8Aberdeenshire Scotland17
9Fife Scotland16
10Wirral England15
11Isle of Anglesey Wales14
12East Riding of Yorkshire England13
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland11
14Suffolk England10
15South Ayrshire Scotland10
479 England237 Scotland26 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
847
Peak month
July
Counties with records
50
Scientific name
Leymus arenarius
Also known as
Lyme-grass
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,837
Most recorded in
Sefton, Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Leymus
Name with authority
Leymus arenarius (L.) Hochst.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1426766 · GBIF 2706368