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Mat-grass

Nardus stricta

6,125Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb32
Mar163
Apr106
May495
Jun1,340
Jul1,400
Aug895
Sep492
Oct83
Nov16
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,701
2Perth and Kinross Scotland615
3Worcestershire England518
4Powys Wales357
5Cumbria England333
6Argyll and Bute Scotland293
7North Yorkshire England270
8South Ayrshire Scotland143
9Stirling Scotland114
10Devon England108
11Sheffield England78
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland74
13Pembrokeshire Wales67
14Gwynedd Wales63
15Ceredigion Wales54
1,984 England3,212 Scotland777 Wales26 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,125
Peak month
July
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Nardus stricta
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
27,311
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Nardus
Name with authority
Nardus stricta L.
Contributing datasets
46

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159574 · GBIF 2702717