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Marsh Foxtail

Alopecurus geniculatus

2,883Records since 2000
JunePeak month
98Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb2
Mar5
Apr10
May293
Jun754
Jul531
Aug254
Sep87
Oct26
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England724
2Norfolk England128
3North Yorkshire England77
4Argyll and Bute Scotland77
5Highland Scotland59
6Cumbria England54
7Herefordshire, County of England54
8Essex England50
9Telford and Wrekin England46
10Cambridgeshire England38
11Powys Wales38
12Doncaster England34
13North Ayrshire Scotland33
14Suffolk England27
15Devon England24
2,262 England351 Scotland134 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 98 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,883
Peak month
June
Counties with records
98
Scientific name
Alopecurus geniculatus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
26,668
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Alopecurus
Name with authority
Alopecurus geniculatus L.
Contributing datasets
50

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159695 · GBIF 5290090