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Mountain Melick

Melica nutans

127Records since 2000
MayPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May47
Jun35
Jul22
Aug4
Sep3
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland19
2Cumbria England15
3North Yorkshire England13
4Worcestershire England13
5Perth and Kinross Scotland8
6Powys Wales6
7Peterborough England5
8Northamptonshire England2
9East Lothian Scotland2
10Aberdeenshire Scotland2
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
12Moray Scotland1
81 England33 Scotland7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
127
Peak month
May
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Melica nutans
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
831
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Melica
Name with authority
Melica nutans L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158682 · GBIF 4118973