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Meadow Foxtail

Alopecurus pratensis

8,431Records since 2000
MayPeak month
114Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb7
Mar45
Apr1,154
May2,243
Jun1,722
Jul831
Aug316
Sep93
Oct38
Nov5
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,474
2Herefordshire, County of England363
3North Yorkshire England273
4Oxfordshire England195
5Sefton England167
6Essex England157
7Norfolk England154
8Cambridgeshire England148
9Cumbria England139
10Telford and Wrekin England136
11Suffolk England125
12Highland Scotland100
13Rutland England84
14Sheffield England81
15Powys Wales76
7,448 England474 Scotland167 Wales54 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 114 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,431
Peak month
May
Counties with records
114
Scientific name
Alopecurus pratensis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
43,330
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Alopecurus
Name with authority
Alopecurus pratensis L.
Contributing datasets
49

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157346 · GBIF 5290081